Turkey's President Abdullah Gul (R) welcomes his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad as he arrives for the COMCEC Economic Summit in Istanbul, November 9, 2009. COMCEC is the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 27 months ago

Turkey's President Abdullah Gul (R) welcomes his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad as he arrives for the COMCEC Economic Summit in Istanbul, November 9, 2009. COMCEC is the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC).

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