In a gut punch to Turkey, America’s 67-year NATO ally, a group of United States senators has urged the State Department to expedite a visa for a man who calls himself “Gen. Mazloum Kobani” to address Congress and meet with President Trump in the White House.

“Mazloum Kobani” is the code name of a member of the executive committee of the PKK, which Turkey, the U.S., and the European Union have designated a terrorist organization. His real name is Ferhat Abdi Şahin.