US President Barack Obama is hosting Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House, and the two are currently holding a joint press conference. At the opening of the press conference, Obama noted that the two nations had a "shared interest in peace," and stressed the desire to "normalize ties with Israel."
The US president added that he and the Turkish prime ministers are to "keep working for a Syria that is free from Assad tyranny." (Yitzhak Behorin)