18.06.2016 - 13:56 [ Außenministerium der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika ]

Mark C. Toner Deputy Spokesperson Daily Press Briefing Washington, DC May 23, 2016

QUESTION: McClatchy wrote that the group’s – Ahrar al-Sham group’s foreign affairs director, Labib al Nahhas, was allowed into the United States for a brief visit six months ago. The outlet cites four people with direct knowledge of his visit to Washington, D.C. Were U.S. officials aware of this visit?

MR TONER: I’m not sure that we were aware of it. I don’t believe he had any meetings here, certainly, but – and I can’t speak to visa records. It’s a privacy consideration…