FILE - Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, shakes hands with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, at al-Shaab presidential palace in Damascus, Syria, Monday Oct. 11, 2010. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday, June 28, 2024, that there is no obstacle preventing Turkey and Syria from restoring diplomatic ties that were cut off at the start of the Syrian civil war more than a decade ago. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi, File) A MONDAY, OCT. 11, 2010 FILE PHOTO
