It seems that Syria is a conduit for narcotics to the middle east....
Most narcotics transiting Syria go to other parts of the Middle East and to Europe. Syria is a transit country for hashish, cocaine, and heroin, particularly from Turkey, but also from Lebanon. Syria is also a transit country for opium entering Lebanon from Afghanistan via Jordan.
Since Syria was removed from the Majors List in 1997, The U.S. continues to monitor Syria's efforts to suppress cultivation of poppies in the Biqa' Valley, as well as the effect of drugs transiting Syria to the U.S., and sees no evidence that cultivation of significant amounts of either opium or cannabis has resumed, despite initial reports to the contrary in 2001.
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