{
  "id": 13711869,
  "title": "Syrian authorities foil attempt to smuggle over 100,000 Captagon pills to Saudi Arabia",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/syrian-authorities-foil-attempt-to-smuggle-over-100-000-captagon",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-11T12:21:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ajel English",
    "slug": "ajel-english",
    "url": "https://english.ajel.sa/world/c4r1cwu0p"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Syrian anti-narcotics officers seized more than 100,000 Captagon pills at the Nasib border crossing. The pills were hidden in a truck bound for Saudi Arabia.\n\nReports from Riyadh mention an attack on the international airport, but details of this incident are not related to the seizure of Captagon pills. According to The Mainichi and The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun, the attack killed 12 people and injured over 300 others, with some in critical condition. A Saudi-led coalition blamed Iran-backed Houthi rebels in neighboring Yemen for the attack.\n\nThe dead in the airport attack included four Saudi citizens, as well as two Bangladeshi nationals, a Palestinian, a U.S. citizen, an Egyptian, a Jordanian, a Syrian and a Sudanese. The injured were being treated at several hospitals.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Ajel English",
        "title": "Saudi authorities arrest citizen, three Ethiopians for drug smuggling in Jazan and Asir",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/saudi-authorities-arrest-citizen-three-ethiopians-for-drug-smuggling",
        "published": "2026-10-11T10:29:50.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}