Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Vice President Fuat Oktay to be special guest at Anadolu Agency’s Editors' Desk.

ANKARA - Environment and Urbanization Minister Murat Kurum to announce decision on 13 thermal power plants due to install filters before Tuesday.

SOMALIA

MOGADISHU - Following aftermath of Saturday terror attack which killed some 80 people, including two Turkish nationals.

LIBYA

TRIPOLI - Monitoring clashes between UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) and forces of warlord Khalifa Haftar.

IRAQ

BAGHDAD - Following anti-government protests and demonstrators breaching US Embassy compound.

SYRIA

ALEPPO / IDLIB / HASAKAH / RAQQA - Monitoring developments in civil war and Syrians fleeing Idlib de-escalation zone toward Turkish border amid attacks by Assad regime, Russian army, and Iranian-backed groups.

INDIA

NEW DELHI - Monitoring reception of controversial citizenship law.

SPECIAL REPORT

Expanding Turkish flag carrier to open 4 new routes in 2020

By Tuba Sahin

ANKARA (AA) - Turkish Airlines will open four new routes in 2020 along with expanding its fleet, according to the flag carrier’s chairman.

SPECIAL REPORT

Cyber blackmail traps women's hearts in Cameroon

By Aurore Bonny

DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) - The fostering of online relationships by predators to obtain compromising images for blackmail, an act of cybercrime, has plunged many Cameroonian women into despair.

SPECIAL REPORT

Amman: Haven of serenity amid sea of turmoil

By Aysu Bicer

AMMAN, Jordan (AA) - Even through the plane window, Jordan's capital Amman shows itself to be an arid land, nearly bereft of green.

SPECIAL REPORT

By Shadi Khan Saif

KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) - Mawlawi Hamdullah Tarakhail was a young Afghan Mujahedeen veteran when U.S. forces captured him and sent him to the notorious prison at Guantanamo Bay.