; Whereas the United States, Canada, Israel, and the Netherlands have designated Hizballah in its entirety as a terror organization, while Australia and New Zealand have applied the designation to the organization’s so-called military wing; Whereas in March 2016 the Gulf Cooperation Council, the bloc of six Gulf Arab nations, formally branded Hizballah, in its entirety, a terrorist organization, and the League of Arab States shortly thereafter adopted the same designation; Whereas in April 2016 the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, denounced Hizballah’s terrorist acts in the Middle East; Whereas Hizballah Secretary General Nasrallah said in May 2017 that the conflict in Syria had entered a new and critical phase in which Damascus, Moscow, Tehran, and Hezbollah were in more harmony politically and militarily than at any time ; and Whereas in May 2017 the United States and Saudi Arabia sanctioned Hashem Saffiedine, a member of Hizballah’s executive council which oversees the organization’s political, organizational, social and educational activities, for his involvement in terrorist activity: Now, therefore, be it