Regional Forum Aims To Tackle Syria-Jordan Drug Smuggling i24news.tv - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from i24news.tv Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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AMMAN (Reuters) - Army and security chiefs from Jordan and Syria met on Sunday to curb a growing drug trade along their mutual border that has seen deadly skirmishes, blamed mainly on pro-Iranian militias who hold sway in southern Syria.
Syria is accused by Arab governments and the West of producing the highly-addictive and lucrative amphetamine captagon and organizing its smuggling into the Gulf, with Jordan a main transit route.