Kinda funny. They praise the group, claim it saves many lives and is singled out and hit by the "regime" - but bans the leader of the group from entering the US. He traveled to the US to receive some award but had his visa revoked just on the flight.
"MR TONER: And any individual – again, I’m broadening my language here for specific reasons, but any individual in any group suspected of ties or relations with extremist groups or that we had believed to be a security threat to the United States, we would act accordingly. But that does not, by extension, mean we condemn or would cut off ties to the group for which that individual works for."
US State Department bans leader of "White Helmets" after giving group $23 million | Al-Masdar News
"MR TONER: And any individual – again, I’m broadening my language here for specific reasons, but any individual in any group suspected of ties or relations with extremist groups or that we had believed to be a security threat to the United States, we would act accordingly. But that does not, by extension, mean we condemn or would cut off ties to the group for which that individual works for."
US State Department bans leader of "White Helmets" after giving group $23 million | Al-Masdar News
