Tag: Cross-Border Smuggling

The collapse of the Assad regime in Syria has precipitated the end of the industrial-scale narcotics trafficking operation run by ...

While the industrial-scale drug trade of the Bashar al-Assad era is over, cross-border smuggling from Syria has not stopped altogether. ...

In contrast to recent escalations in Lebanon, Iranian-backed militias in south Syria have remained quiet in recent weeks. By the ...

In need of solutions to the growing security threats emanating from Syria, Arab states normalized relations with the Syrian regime ...

Ongoing hostilities between Israeli forces and Iranian-backed militias in south Syria escalated markedly in recent weeks, with cross-border missile strikes ...

The 8th May airstrike that killed smuggling kingpin Marai al-Ramthan fundamentally altered the state of drug smuggling in south Syria, ...

This reporting period covers the month of July. After concluding its settlement drive in Daraa province last month, the regime ...

Economic crisis and discontent with Self Administration policies continues to foment anger among populations across the north-east, with demonstrations erupting ...

Despite continuing to profit handsomely from the expanding narcotics trade in south Syria, the Assad regime launched a series of ...

The reach of Syria’s illicit smuggling networks has become a top concern in the region and western states. Seeking to ...