Syrian Football Association Was Pressured to Hand Deal to Relative of Former President’s Brother, Insiders Say
In 2019, Syria's football association handed a favorable marketing deal to a little-known Damascus firm. Behind the scenes,...
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Sanctioned Assad Ally Sues Activist for Defamation in Syria
As Syria undergoes sweeping changes following the fall of the Assad regime, the return of sanctioned figures, and the...
Iraq Seizes 30,000 Captagon Pills Near Syrian Border
Authorities foiled the drug smuggling operation after thermal cameras detected the pills, which were hidden in plastic...
Iraq Seizes 1 Tonne of Captagon from Syria
Acting on a tip from Saudi authorities, the Iraqi Interior Ministry seized seven million Captagon pills coming through...
Documents Unearthed After Assad’s Fall Show Syrian Spy Agency Reacting to Israel’s Pager Attack on Hezbollah
As pagers and walkie-talkies exploded in Lebanon, Syrian security forces were directed to keep communication devices away...
Two Major Captagon Busts In Syria and Saudi Arabia
Despite the fall of the Assad regime, Syria remains the Middle East’s top Captagon producer, fueling a billion-dollar drug...
Russian Company Behind Egypt Wheat Cargo Had History of Selling ‘Stolen’ Ukraine Grain
An Egyptian military agency imported over 20,000 tons of wheat carried by a Russian vessel originally destined for Syria....
Documents Found After the Fall of Assad Show Syrian Intelligence Spying on Journalists
A file discovered at General Intelligence Directorate headquarters details an operation to investigate SIRAJ, a Syrian...
Swedish MEPs to Urge EU to Tighten Sanctions on Syria After OCCRP Investigation
Swedish politicians will urge the European Union to review its sanctions policy on Syria after they learned from a recent...
Iraq’s Dollar Auction: The ‘Monster’ Funneling Billions to Fraudsters and Militants Through the U.S. Federal Reserve
A system set up to channel dollars from Iraqi oil sales to importers has been exploited by money launderers and militant...
The Secretive Supply Chain Sending EU Trucks to Syria
The Syrian army is getting its hands on new-looking EU-branded trucks. An undercover investigation found evidence of a...
Syria’s Youth Soccer Teams Were the Pride of the Nation — But Dozens of Players Were Too Old To Compete
For a decade and a half, Syria’s “under-20” soccer teams routinely outperformed the national squad in big tournaments. An...