How Israel-backed Sweida became Syria’s narcotics capital
Charles Lister writes: In the early hours of Sunday, May 3, Jordanian F-16 fighter jets crossed into Syrian airspace and launched strikes on at least six locations in the southern province of Sweida. In a statement issued hours later, Jordan’s military said that “Operation Jordanian Deterrence” had targeted “factories, facilities and warehouses used by trafficking groups as launch points for smuggling operations into Jordan.” This was the fifth time Jordan had launched military strikes in Sweida since the fall of…