Turkish-backed Syrian groups pursue drug operations in Aleppo - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Khaled al-Khateb

Khaled al-Khateb

Oct 23, 2021

LOUAI BESHARA/AFP via Getty Images — Syrian police show seized Captagon pills at the Drug Enforcement Administration in the capital Damascus on Jan. 4, 2016. — LOUAI BESHARA/AFP via Getty Images

Syrian police show seized drugs at the Drug Enforcement Administration, Damascus, Syria, Jan. 4, 2016.

Drug use surges in opposition-controlled areas in northwest Syria

Khaled al-Khateb

Khaled al-Khateb

Members of the Free Syrian Army wave the flag of the Syrian opposition as they travel in a truck through the town of Hazano, in Idlib's northern countryside, as reinforcements are deployed from Aleppo's northern countryside to Idlib's countryside to counter an ongoing pro-regime offensive, Syria, Feb. 5, 2020.

Free Syrian Army defends areas of influence against IS, HTS cells

Khaled al-Khateb

Khaled al-Khateb

Mourners take part in a funeral of people killed in reported artillery fire by Syrian government forces, in the opposition-held city of al-Bab, on the border with Turkey in the northern Aleppo province, Syria, Aug. 19, 2022.

Tensions high between narcotics division, FSA factions in Syria's al-Bab

Khaled al-Khateb

Khaled al-Khateb

Turkish-backed Syrian fighters of the Sultan Murad Turkoman brigade.

Turkish-backed factions outmaneuver Syrian jihadist group in Idlib

Sultan al-Kanj