Question follow-through · 19060
Syria: Fenethylline
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) identify and (b) destroy Captagon (i) production and (ii) distribution facilities in Syria.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 10 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 17 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 17 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) identify and (b) destroy Captagon (i) production and (ii) distribution facilities in Syria.
17 Dec 2024
Target answer date
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17 Dec 2024
Answer published
We are concerned by the growth of the Captagon industry, which as well as enriching the former Assad regime, is fuelling regional instability and generating vast revenues for criminal gangs and armed groups in Syria and across the region. We are working w...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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