DAMASCUS, Syria — A luxury villa dominates a hilltop overlooking the countryside just 15 miles outside the capital, Damascus. The driveway has a streak of white powder leading to the entrance. The ...

As Syria's economy collapsed during the long civil war, the country became something of a narcostate. The regime of ousted President Bashar al-Assad was estimated to earn billions of dollars annually ...

The illegal amphetamine, used across the Middle East, became Syria’s biggest export during its 13-year civil war. By Aryn Baker Rebel fighters in Syria said on Friday that they had found vast ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BEIRUT (AP) — Since the fall of former ...