Syria post-Assad

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Transitional Government

Economy

Captagon

  • Border Traffic: How Syria Uses Captagon to Gain Leverage Over Saudi Arabia -Carnegie Middlle East Center, July 9, 2024
    According to the article, Captagon production is a major component of Syria's GDP (veracity of the claim, uncertain), and the Syrian army and national guard played a significant role in distribution schemes
  • Video from an apparent Captagon warehouse/den, posted December 11, 2024

Army

Before the fall
  • "'My soldiers have truly become either smugglers or thieves, they only defend those who offer them bribes and privileges. They could not defend me, and when I wanted to protect at least Damascus, I realized that they were not able to protect Damascus either " - Telegram, Attributed to Assad, posted December 10, 2024
  • Video, huge column of escaping Assad forces - Telegram, posted December 10, 2024, filmed by Russian contractors

Atrocities

Here