The top American diplomat blamed a resurgence of the Islamic State extremist group in areas outside of the transitional government's control, as well as Iran.
Rubio spoke after a series of bloody attacks on the Alawite and Druze minorities in Syria, where Islamist-led fighters in December toppled then-president Bashar al-Assad, capping a brutal civil war that began in 2011.
Sharaa, clad in a suit and complimented by Trump as a “young, attractive guy,“ was until recently on a US wanted list over jihadist connections.
But he added: “If we engage them, it may work out, it may not work out. If we did not engage them, it was guaranteed to not work out.”
Rubio acknowledged concerns about Syria's direction in Israel, which has kept pounding military sites in the neighboring country.
EU ends sanctions
“We want to help the Syrian people rebuild a new, inclusive and peaceful Syria,“ top EU diplomat Kaja Kallas wrote on X after the bloc’s foreign ministers met in Brussels.
Syria's foreign ministry hailed the EU decision, saying it marked “the beginning of a new chapter in Syrian-European relations built on shared prosperity and mutual respect.”
The United States had previously insisted on key steps from Syria's transitional authorities, including protection of minorities.
“The nations in the region want to get aid in, want to start helping them, and they can’t because they’re afraid of our sanctions,“ Rubio said.
But such waivers would be temporary, and Syria remains classified by the US as a state sponsor of terrorism, a major impediment to business dealings.
Rubio, asked if the administration sought to delist Syria from its terrorism blacklist, replied: “Yes, if they meet the standard.”
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