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According to recent reports, What is Syria known as?
  • World's largest weapons producer
  • World's largest 'narco-state
  • World's largest oil producer
  • World's largest food importer
Answer- B
Recent reports suggest that Syria has acquired the title of the world's largest narco-state. This is because the majority of its foreign currency earnings are generated from the production and export of Captagon, a highly addictive amphetamine known as "poor man's coke."

Collins Dictionary defines a narco-state as a country whose economy heavily relies on the illegal trade of narcotics, and Syria falls under this category as the illegal trade of Captagon accounts for over 90% of its foreign currency earnings.