Syria's Post-Assad Captagon Challenge
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham's seizure of power in Syria has led to a pledge to end the country's lucrative Captagon trade, estimated at \$5.6 billion annually, involving the Assad family and military, raising concerns about economic impacts and the potential rise of alternative drugs.
Syria's Post-Assad Captagon Challenge
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham's seizure of power in Syria has led to a pledge to end the country's lucrative Captagon trade, estimated at \$5.6 billion annually, involving the Assad family and military, raising concerns about economic impacts and the potential rise of alternative drugs.
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40% Bias Score
Secret Syrian Prison: BBC Exposes Torture Facility, Uncovering Years of Evidence
A BBC journalist uncovered a secret Syrian intelligence facility in Damascus, revealing cells where detainees faced months of torture and confinement; the discovery of intact files and weapons suggests a hasty retreat, leaving evidence for potential future prosecutions.
Secret Syrian Prison: BBC Exposes Torture Facility, Uncovering Years of Evidence
A BBC journalist uncovered a secret Syrian intelligence facility in Damascus, revealing cells where detainees faced months of torture and confinement; the discovery of intact files and weapons suggests a hasty retreat, leaving evidence for potential future prosecutions.
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44% Bias Score
Syria's $5.6 Billion Captagon Trade Disrupted by Rebel Seizure
Rebel forces in Syria have seized Captagon production facilities allegedly controlled by the Assad regime, disrupting a $5.6 billion annual drug trade that provided significant funding for the government during the civil war.
Syria's $5.6 Billion Captagon Trade Disrupted by Rebel Seizure
Rebel forces in Syria have seized Captagon production facilities allegedly controlled by the Assad regime, disrupting a $5.6 billion annual drug trade that provided significant funding for the government during the civil war.
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48% Bias Score
Assad Regime's Hidden Wealth: A Global Hunt Underway
The US State Department estimates Bashar al-Assad and his family's wealth at $1-$2 billion, accumulated through involvement in Syria's large-scale economic activities and laundered through seemingly legitimate businesses; a global effort to recover these assets is underway, highlighting Russia's rol...
Assad Regime's Hidden Wealth: A Global Hunt Underway
The US State Department estimates Bashar al-Assad and his family's wealth at $1-$2 billion, accumulated through involvement in Syria's large-scale economic activities and laundered through seemingly legitimate businesses; a global effort to recover these assets is underway, highlighting Russia's rol...
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44% Bias Score
Italy's Failed Syrian Diplomacy
Italy's attempt to re-establish diplomatic ties with Syria's Assad regime, diverging from EU partners, has failed after rebel advances in Damascus despite humanitarian aid efforts and secret talks focused on easing sanctions and assisting Christian minorities; this highlights the complexities of nav...
Italy's Failed Syrian Diplomacy
Italy's attempt to re-establish diplomatic ties with Syria's Assad regime, diverging from EU partners, has failed after rebel advances in Damascus despite humanitarian aid efforts and secret talks focused on easing sanctions and assisting Christian minorities; this highlights the complexities of nav...
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40% Bias Score
Mass Graves Reveal Scale of Syrian Abuses: Years-Long Identification Process Begins
Following the Syrian president's fall, over a dozen mass graves, possibly holding over 100,000 bodies, have been discovered, prompting a years-long identification process aided by satellite imagery, open-source data, and DNA analysis, conducted by the ICMP in collaboration with Syrian authorities.
Mass Graves Reveal Scale of Syrian Abuses: Years-Long Identification Process Begins
Following the Syrian president's fall, over a dozen mass graves, possibly holding over 100,000 bodies, have been discovered, prompting a years-long identification process aided by satellite imagery, open-source data, and DNA analysis, conducted by the ICMP in collaboration with Syrian authorities.
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24% Bias Score
Assad Regime's \$5.6 Billion Captagon Empire: Challenges for Syria's New Leaders
Syria's Assad regime generated an estimated \$5.6 billion annually from Captagon production, deeply entwining military and family members in the illicit drug trade; the new leadership faces challenges in dismantling this operation and addressing widespread addiction.
Assad Regime's \$5.6 Billion Captagon Empire: Challenges for Syria's New Leaders
Syria's Assad regime generated an estimated \$5.6 billion annually from Captagon production, deeply entwining military and family members in the illicit drug trade; the new leadership faces challenges in dismantling this operation and addressing widespread addiction.
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40% Bias Score
Syria's Rebel Victory and the $5.6bn Captagon Empire
Following a rebel victory in Syria, the discovery of large-scale Captagon production facilities linked to Assad's family confirms the regime's involvement in the $5.6bn (£4.5bn) annual drug trade, raising concerns about the rebels' ability to control the illicit trade and its impact on Syria's econo...
Syria's Rebel Victory and the $5.6bn Captagon Empire
Following a rebel victory in Syria, the discovery of large-scale Captagon production facilities linked to Assad's family confirms the regime's involvement in the $5.6bn (£4.5bn) annual drug trade, raising concerns about the rebels' ability to control the illicit trade and its impact on Syria's econo...
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40% Bias Score
US Signals Policy Shift Towards Syria with Damascus Visit
US Assistant Secretary of State Barbara Leaf visited Damascus this week, marking the first US diplomatic visit since 2012, signaling a policy shift towards engagement with the new Syrian leadership under Ahmed al-Sharaa following the Assad regime's collapse on December 8; the US removed the reward f...
US Signals Policy Shift Towards Syria with Damascus Visit
US Assistant Secretary of State Barbara Leaf visited Damascus this week, marking the first US diplomatic visit since 2012, signaling a policy shift towards engagement with the new Syrian leadership under Ahmed al-Sharaa following the Assad regime's collapse on December 8; the US removed the reward f...
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64% Bias Score
Syrian Activist Returns Home to Search for Father Missing Since 2013
Following the overthrow of the Assad regime, Syrian activist Wafa Mustafa returned to Syria to continue her decade-long search for her father, who disappeared in 2013; her story highlights the plight of 150,000 missing persons and the urgent need for international aid in locating them.
Syrian Activist Returns Home to Search for Father Missing Since 2013
Following the overthrow of the Assad regime, Syrian activist Wafa Mustafa returned to Syria to continue her decade-long search for her father, who disappeared in 2013; her story highlights the plight of 150,000 missing persons and the urgent need for international aid in locating them.
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24% Bias Score
Syrian Mass Graves Reveal Assad Regime's "Machinery of Death
Former US war crimes ambassador Stephen Rapp says evidence from mass grave sites in Qutayfah and Najha, Syria, shows a state-run "machinery of death" under Bashar al-Assad, responsible for the torture and murder of over 100,000 people since 2013, with one site alone potentially containing at least 1...
Syrian Mass Graves Reveal Assad Regime's "Machinery of Death
Former US war crimes ambassador Stephen Rapp says evidence from mass grave sites in Qutayfah and Najha, Syria, shows a state-run "machinery of death" under Bashar al-Assad, responsible for the torture and murder of over 100,000 people since 2013, with one site alone potentially containing at least 1...
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60% Bias Score
Mass Graves in Syria Reveal Scale of Assad Regime Atrocities
Following the fall of Syrian President Assad, the discovery of mass graves containing potentially over 100,000 bodies highlights years of systematic disappearances under his regime; the ICMP is leading an international effort to identify victims through DNA matching and extensive forensic analysis.
Mass Graves in Syria Reveal Scale of Assad Regime Atrocities
Following the fall of Syrian President Assad, the discovery of mass graves containing potentially over 100,000 bodies highlights years of systematic disappearances under his regime; the ICMP is leading an international effort to identify victims through DNA matching and extensive forensic analysis.
Progress
40% Bias Score