The dramatic collapse of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria has thrown light on the country's industrial-scale export of a banned amphetamine-type stimulant called Captagon. Victorious Islamist-led fighters have seized military bases and distribution hubs for the drug, which has flooded the hidden market across the Middle East, with Saudi Arabia one of the top importers of the substance. William Christou reports for the Guardian from a Captagon factory outside
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