NPR News: 12-14-2024 7PM EST

109.228 - 131.559 Janine Herbst

Meanwhile, rebel fighters in Syria have been uncovering huge stockpiles of the illegal amphetamine Captagon in various warehouses across the Syrian capital. President Bashar al-Assad's family and associates profited from the manufacturing and trade of Captagon, turning Syria into one of the world's biggest narco-states. Empire's Hadil al-Sholchi visited one of these drug warehouses.