Diary

ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Saturday, July 18, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

BURSA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend groundbreaking ceremony for engineering, design and production center for Turkey’s first indigenous car.

ANKARA - Following latest developments in coronavirus outbreak in Turkey, worldwide.

ANKARA - Following latest cease-fire agreement for Idlib, northwestern Syria, along Turkey's southern border, reached by Turkey, Russia.

LIBYA

TRIPOLI – Following clashes between Libyan army, militias of warlord Khalifa Haftar.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - Leaders of European Union member states to meet to discuss economic recovery program and budget.

SOUTH AFRICA

JOHANNESBURG - Public to mark International Nelson Mandela Day by spending 67 minutes on acts of charity, kindness in honor of late president.

JOHANNESBURG - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to deliver annual Nelson Mandela Annual speech.

SPECIAL REPORT

Tensions rise along Armenia-Azerbaijan border

By Jeyhun Aliyev

ANKARA (AA) – Tensions continue to rise at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border amid serious cease-fire violations by Armenian troops after they attacked a northwestern border area with artillery fire.

SPECIAL REPORT

De-growth only solution to tackle climate change: Expert

By Burak Bir

ANKARA (AA) – The problem of climate change cannot be solved without tackling earth’s growing human population, which gives rise to greater consumption and carbon emissions, according to a climate scientist.

SPECIAL REPORT

US sanctions on Assad regime strategy of attrition

By Zehra Nur Duz

ANKARA (AA) – Beefed-up US sanctions are not expected to have a deterrent effect on Syria’s Assad regime in the short or medium term, but rather should be considered part of a long-term attrition strategy, according to a policy analyst.

SPECIAL REPORT

Tensions mount after Egypt, Ethiopia fail to reach dam deal

ANKARA (AA) - Tension is mounting between Egypt and Ethiopia as the neighbors failed to reach agreement on a mechanism to fill and operate the Grand Ethiopia Renaissance Dam, or GERD.