As Captagon war heats up, Jordan escalates airstrikes in Syria - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Adam Lucente

Adam Lucente

Jan 9, 2024

KHALIL MAZRAAWI/afp/AFP via Getty Images — A picture taken during a tour organized by the Jordanian military shows soldiers patrolling the border with Syria to prevent drug trafficking, on Feb. 17, 2022. — KHALIL MAZRAAWI/AFP via Getty Images

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Jordan seizes 9.5 million Captagon pills at Saudi border

Adam Lucente

In New York City, reporting on regional news, militancy, climate change

A picture taken during a tour origanized by the Jordanian army shows soldiers patrolling along the border with Syria to prevent trafficking, Feb. 17, 2022.

Suspected Jordanian airstrike kills Syrian drug trafficker on border

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan (L), Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad (R) arrive for a regional meeting on Syria, in Amman on May 1, 2023. - Arab foreign ministers will gather in Jordan on May 1, to discuss Syria's long-running conflict and ending Damascus's diplomatic isolation in the region, the foreign ministry in Amman said. (Photo by Khalil MAZRAAWI / AFP) (Photo by KHALIL MAZRAAWI/afp/AFP v

Jordan hosts meeting to facilitate Syria’s return to Arab League

Adam Lucente

In New York City, reporting on regional news, militancy, climate change

Officers of the Directorate of Narcotics Control of Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry sort through tablets of captagon (Fenethylline) seized during a special operation and presented before AFP afterward in the Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah on March 1, 2022.

Jordanian military kills drug smugglers on Syrian border

Adam Lucente

In New York City, reporting on regional news, militancy, climate change