Whereas the market for the amphetamine-type stimulant captagon has grown into an industrial-scale illicit trade in the Mediterranean-Gulf zone over the last 5 years; Whereas elements of the Assad regime are key drivers of illicit trafficking in captagon, with ministerial-level complicity in production and smuggling, empowering a broad range of criminal networks, militant groups, mafia syndicates, and autocratic governments; Whereas the illicit captagon trade has provided alternative revenue sources for malign actors, such as the Assad regime, Hezbollah, and Iran-aligned militias; Whereas Hamas terrorists who carried out a surprise attack in Israel on October 7th, 2023, were reported to be under the influence of captagon; Whereas captagon pills were recovered from pockets of Hamas terrorists who were killed by Israeli Defense Forces; Whereas the illicit production and trafficking of captagon is a key source of revenue for the Assad regime and its enablers, estimated to be worth over $10,000,000,000; Whereas transit and destination countries of captagon currently struggle with interdiction efforts; Whereas illicit captagon trafficking nodes and production hubs in Syria and Lebanon threaten border security of United States partners and allies; Whereas United States regional partners such as Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Iraq are seizing more captagon pills in recent years; Whereas the Middle East region requires greater interregional and intraregional coordination to counter the proliferation of captagon; Whereas there is an absence of any formal or effective regional mechanism or platform to facilitate intelligence sharing or otherwise enable collaboration to counter, dismantle, and disrupt the illicit captagon trade; and Whereas the United States should help foster increased regional cooperation to counter narcotics measures, particularly the illicit captagon trade: Now, therefore, be it