The U.S. State Department has said for the first time they’re willing to hold discussions with Islamic extremist groups fighting the Syrian government.

State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said that the possibility of talks with the Islamic Front could not be ruled out.

We can engage with the Islamic Front, of course, because they’re not designated terrorists,” Harf told reporters. “We’re always open to meeting with a wide range of opposition groups. Obviously, it may make sense to do so at some point soon, and if we have something to announce, we will.”

Sources told Reuters that the U.S. is planning to meet with the commanders of the Islamic Front in an attempt to get them under a coalition with the Free Syrian Army.

The Islamic Front, while not called a terrorist group by the Obama Administration, has members with openly anti-American views and beliefs. The group has said they do not plan to bring a democracy to Syria but rather to install a state run by Sharia law.

Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul warned the administration working with the Islamic Front would be “funding allies of al-Qaeda.”