Kurdish forces step up efforts to prevent the region being used as a corridor for narcotics

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The rise in demand for drugs in Europe and the war in the Middle East is forcing Kurdish forces to step up efforts to prevent the region being used as a corridor for narcotics from the east to the west. Sky’s Dominic Waghorn went on night patrol in the perilous mountain terrain to the east of Kurdistan to understand how drugs smugglers operate. #kurdistan #drugwar #skynews SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-news/id316391924?mt=8 Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&hl=en_GB Why not listen to one of our podcasts? This is Why, available for free here: https://podfollow.com/thi

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