Rebels discovered the sprawling Captagon factory near Damascus, which masqueraded as a soap factory but contained millions of pills and massive quantities of precursor chemicals.
For years, states like Jordan accused the Assad regime of overseeing the world's largest Captagon production, a claim the regime consistently denied until its end.
Originally developed as an anti-narcolepsy medication in Europe, Captagon's transformation into a notorious narcotic in the Middle East coincided with the Syrian civil war.
The Assad regime reportedly earned $5 billion annually from the Captagon trade, significantly surpassing its official budget and proving essential for the state's finances.
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