Lebanese-Syrian drug trafficker gets 30 years in US terrorism case

Antoine Kassis, a Lebanese-Syrian drug trafficker, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison by U.S. prosecutors. He was found to have leveraged connections to the Assad regime in Syria to facilitate cocaine-for-weapons transactions.

This case highlights the complex interplay between drug trafficking and terrorism, particularly in the context of the Syrian regime's involvement in regional criminal activities that could impact Israel's security landscape.