QUESTION: McClatchy wrote that the groupâs â Ahrar al-Sham groupâs 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: Iâm not sure that we were aware of it. I donât believe he had any meetings here, certainly, but â and I canât speak to visa records. Itâs a privacy consideration…