A Syrian rebel fighter inspects a makeshift lab facility to produce Captagon (brand name of psychostimulant drug Fenethylline), at a ranch villa in the town of al-Dimas about 27 kilometres northwest of Damascus on December 22, 2024. The dramatic collapse of Bashar al-Assad's Syrian regime has thrown light into many of the dark corners of his rule, including the industrial-scale export of the banned drug Captagon. Victorious Islamist fighters have seized military bases and distribution hubs for the amphetamine-laced stimulant, which has flooded the black market across the Middle East. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)