; Whereas Hezbollah continues to violate Resolution 1701, including by replenishing its stock of rockets and missiles in South Lebanon; Whereas the prolongation of the conflict in Syria has the potential to upset the precarious social and political balance in Lebanon; Whereas ending the conflict in Syria is in the national security and humanitarian interests of the United States; Whereas 11,000,000 Syrians have fled their homes since the war there started in 2011, with 5,000,000 Syrian refugees in the region and a roughly equivalent number internally displaced persons in the country; and Whereas Syrians will continue to be displaced unless they are protected from the ongoing violence: Now, therefore, be it