TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY JEAN MARC MOJON AND ROUBA EL HUSSEINI
A picture shows a view of the Abu Al-Zendayn crossing point between areas controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and pro-government forces east of Syria's northern city of Aleppo, on May 14, 2022. - A decade of appalling civil war has left Syria fragmented and in ruins but one thing crosses every frontline: the drug fenethylline, commercially known as captagon. The stimulant -- once notorious for its association with Islamic State fighters -- has spawned an illegal $10-billion industry that not only props up the pariah regime of President Bashar al-Assad, but many of his enemies. (Photo by AFP)