WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is telling Syrian opposition leaders that President Bashar al-Assad has lost all legitimacy to rule Syria and has no place in the future of the nation.

In a meeting Tuesday at the White House, Obama and national security adviser Susan Rice spoke with Syrian Opposition Coalition President Ahmad Jarba and a coalition delegation. Both sides offered renewed commitments for what the White House calls a political solution to the conflict that includes a transition to a new governing authority.