Sec. 1223. Preservation of security and stability in northeast Syria
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The Secretary of Defense may not reduce the total number of members of the United States Armed Forces serving in northeast Syria to fewer than 400 such personnel until the date on which the Secretary certifies to the congressional defense committees that— vetted Syrian groups and individuals partnering with the United States are able to degrade and defeat threats from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria independent of any training, equipment, or assistance provided to partner forces under section 1209 of the Carl Levin and Howard P.
Buck McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 ( Public Law 113–291 ; 128 Stat. 3541); and such groups and individuals are able to effectively and humanely detain members of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, and significant progress is being made to repatriate detained foreign terrorist fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria to their countries of citizenship, in accordance with all laws and obligations related to the conduct of such operations, including, as applicable— the law of armed conflict; the protection of internationally recognized human rights; the principle of nonrefoulement; the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, done at New York December 10, 1984; and the United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, done at Geneva July 28, 1951, as made applicable by the Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, done at New York January 31, 1967 (19 UST 6223).
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Sec. 1223
Preservation of security and stability in northeast Syria
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