Drug factories linked to Assad's brother uncovered in Damascus

A drug production hub linked to Bashar al-Assad's brother Maher al-Assad has been uncovered in Damascus, Anadolu agency is reporting.

The agency published footage of the villa in al-Dimas, revealing barrels containing raw materials and machinery used for drug production.

Since the fall of Assad, a series of drug manufacturing centres across Syria have been uncovered, revealing the scale of the ousted regime's drug trafficking, which served as its main source of revenue.