Jordan strikes Iran-linked drugs factory in southern Syria - sources

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Source: Reuters

Jordan strikes Iran-linked drugs factory in southern Syria - sources

Suleiman Al-Khalidi
Mon, May 8, 2023 at 11:24 AM EDT

AMMAN (Reuters) -Jordan carried out rare air strikes on southern Syria on Monday, hitting a Iran-linked drugs factory and killing a smuggler allegedly behind big hauls across the two countries' border, local and intelligence sources said.

The sources said one strike hit an abandoned drug facility in Syria's southern Deraa province linked to the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah, which is allied to Syria's government.

Another strike on the village of Shaab, in the adjacent province of Sweida near the Jordanian border, killed Syrian drug kingpin Marie al-Ramthan and his family while they were at home.

"Both Ramthan's home and the facility were left in ruins," said Ryan Marouf, a Syrian researcher tracking the drug trade.

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1. Well, how long before Syria responds?

A new cycle of violent in the ME seems in the offing.