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This week on Babel, Jon Alterman speaks with Christoph Reuter of Der Spiegel magazine, an award winning journalist\xa0and conflict reporter. They talk about Captagon, criminal networks, and Syria's war economy. Later, Jon continues the conversation with Natasha Hall and Lubna Yousef, and they explore the intersection between criminal networks and war zones.\n\nTranscript, "Christoph Reuter: Syria's War Economy," CSIS, June 13, 2023.\n\nJon Alterman and Natasha Hall, "Accountability in Syria," CSIS, August 9, 2022.\n\nJ\xf6rg Diehl, Mohannad al-Najjar, and Christoph Reuter, \u201cSyria\u2019s Drug Smuggling: The Assad Regime Would Not Survive Loss of Captagon Revenues,\u201d Der Spiegel, June 21, 2022.\xa0\xa0\n\nWill Todman and Natasha Hall, "Russia Waged a Cheap War in Syria. Here's What Those Tactics Might Look Like in Ukraine," CSIS, March 11, 2022.