In May 2023, Jordan launched an airstrike in this country that killed the drug kingpin Marai al-Ramthan. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this Middle Eastern country whose main export is the drug Captagon. It has been ravaged by a civil war that failed to oust Bashar al-Assad.
ANSWER: Syria [or the Syrian Arab Republic; accept Sūriyā]
[10m] Captagon is trafficked onto the global market by this Iran-backed group in Lebanon led by Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah.
ANSWER: Hezbollah [or Hizbullah; or Hizballah]
[10h] The Assad regime has set up Captagon factories in the homeland of this minority, secretive Shi’a group in Syria that the Assad family belong to.
ANSWER: Alawites [or Alawi]
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