,,iv  #aah? ,,congress  #a/ ,session    
,h4 ,,res4 #hcf  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(     
,,repres5tatives  ,novemb] #a1 #bjbc,mr4
 ,mosk[itz 7= himself & ,mr4 ,mills7    
submitt$ ! foll[+ resolution2 :i* 0     
ref]r$ to ! ,committee on ,=eign        
,affairs  ,,resolution  ,urg+ ! ,unit$  
,/ates ,gov]nm5t to enhance ! ,middle   
,ea/ region's capacity to dismantle &   
disrupt ! illicit production & traffick+
 ( ! amphetam9e-type /imulant also kn[n 
z captagon1 includ+ ! production (      
precursor *emicals4  ,:]eas ! m>ket = ! 
amphetam9e-type /imulant captagon has   
gr[n into an indu/rial-scale illicit    
trade 9 ! ,m$it]ranean-,gulf zone ov] ! 
la/ #e ye>s2 ,:]eas elem5ts ( ! ,assad  
regime are key driv]s ( illicit         
traffick+ 9 captagon1 ) m9i/]ial-level  
complicity 9 production & smuggl+1      
emp[]+ a broad range ( crim9al networks1
 militant gr\ps1 mafia syndicates1 &    
autocratic gov]nm5ts2 ,:]eas ! illicit  
captagon trade has provid$ alt]native   
rev5ue s\rces = malign actors1 su* z !  

,assad regime1 ,hezbollah1 &            
,iran-align$ militias2 ,:]eas ,hamas    
t]rori/s :o c>ri$ out a surprise attack 
9 ,israel on ,octob] #g?1 #bjbc1 7      
report$ to be "u ! influ5ce ( captagon2 
,:]eas captagon pills 7 recov]$ f       
pockets ( ,hamas t]rori/s :o 7 kill$ by 
,israeli ,def5se ,=ces2 ,:]eas ! illicit
 production & traffick+ ( captagon is a 
key s\rce ( rev5ue = ! ,assad regime &  
its enabl]s1 e/imat$ to be wor? ov]     
#aj1jjj1jjj1jjj2 ,:]eas transit &       
de/9ation c\ntries ( captagon curr5tly  
/ruggle ) int]diction ef=ts2 ,:]eas     
illicit captagon traffick+ nodes &      
production hubs 9 ,syria & ,lebanon     
?reat5 bord] security ( ,unit$ ,/ates   
p>tn]s & allies2 ,:]eas ,unit$ ,/ates   
regional p>tn]s su* z ,saudi ,arabia1   
,jordan1 & ,iraq are seiz+ m captagon   
pills 9 rec5t ye>s2 ,:]eas ! ,middle    
,ea/ region requires great] int]regional
 & intr>egional coord9ation to c\nt] !  
prolif]ation ( captagon2 ,:]eas !re is  
an abs5ce ( any =mal or effective       

regional me*anism or plat=m to          
facilitate intellig5ce %>+ or o!rwise   
enable collaboration to c\nt]1          
dismantle1 & disrupt ! illicit captagon 
trade2 & ,:]eas ! ,unit$ ,/ates %\ld    
help fo/] increas$ regional coop]ation  
to c\nt] n>cotics measures1 p>ticul>ly !
 illicit captagon trade3 ,n[1 !re=e1 be 
x ,t x is ! s5se ( ! ,h\se (            
,repres5tatives t-- 7#a7 ! illicit      
production & traffick+ ( captagon is a  
rapidly gr[+ problem 9 ! ,middle ,ea/1 )
 direct involvem5t ( ! ,assad regime1 & 
,hezbollah2  7#b7 ! ,unit$ ,/ates %all  
op5ly condemn ! use ( captagon to       
enhance militant capabilities 9 !       
slaught] #a1djj innoc5t m51 wom51       
*ildr51 & eld]ly 9 ,israel on ,octob]   
#g?1 #bjbc2  7#c7 ! ,unit$ ,/ates %\ld  
seek to improve assi/ance & tra9+ to    
detect1 det]1 & disrupt ,hezbollah &    
,f\r? ,division-facilitat$ captagon     
smuggl+ op]ations1 z well z broad]      
c\nt]n>cotics ef=ts2  7#d7 ! ,unit$     
,/ates %\ld build on its report to      

,congress on a ,writt5 ,/rategy to      
,disrupt & ,dismantle ,n>cotics         
,production & ,traffick+ & ,affiliat$   
,networks ,l9k$ to ! ,regime ( ,ba%>    
al-,assad 9 ,syria ,sec4 #abch7;c7 ( !  
,national ,def5se ,au?orization ,act =  
,fiscal ,ye> #bjbc1 ,p4,l4 #aag-bfc1 &  
e/abli% an int]ag5cy c\nt]-captagon task
 =ce1 enc\rag+ regional p>tn]s to       
und]take coop]ative law en=cem5t        
measures t enhance int]diction ef=ts    
aga9/ illicit captagon traffick+ ?r\gh  
in=mational ex*ange1 =5sic pr(il+1 %>$  
intellig5ce on captagon *emical         
laboratory analyses1 port control unit  
capacity developm5t1 & monitor+         
precursor supply fl[s2  7#e7 ! ,unit$   
,/ates %\ld seek to e/abli% an e>ly w>n+
 sy/em = seiz$ captagon %>$ among/ key  
regional p>tn]s = improv$ id5tification 
& report+2 &  7#f7 ! ,unit$ ,/ates %\ld 
highlight ! gr[+ ?reat pos$ by ! illicit
 captagon trade to include ! direct     
involvem5t ( ! ,assad regime &          
,iran-back$ proxies l ,hamas &          

,hezbollah1 9 int]national =a1 &        
enc\rage broad] int]national            
coord9ation1 support = afflict$         
c\ntries1 & acc\ntability = implicat$   
actors4