Less than a year after Syria's fall from being the world's top Captagon exporter, Sudan emerges as a new hub for the drug's production and trafficking, raising concerns for Arab Gulf states. The country's chaotic conditions resemble those in Syria during its Captagon boom, with a recent large lab bust revealing a surge in manufacturing. Criminal networks are adapting post-Assad's fall, establishing alternative hubs in Africa, including Sudan, to exploit civil wars for drug production and trafficking.