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Saudi Arabia has ended a five-year ban on Lebanese imports, a move aimed at improving relations following tensions over drug smuggling and political criticism. The decision follows Lebanon's efforts to disarm non-state groups, though specific steps remain unspecified, and is expected to support Lebanon's struggling economy.

Syria's captagon trade has shifted to Sweida province following Bashar al-Assad's fall, with the region becoming a major drug trafficking hub due to weak state control and Israeli support for local armed factions. Trafficking attempts from Sweida to Jordan surged by 325% after the Druze-led National Guard took control of the province.

The article claims Israel is protecting the last stronghold of drug traffickers in Syria. Syrian security forces under the new authorities burned a pile of captagon in the suburbs of Damascus.