Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Friday, Jan. 3, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

IRAN / UNITED STATES / IRAQ

TEHRAN / WASHINGTON / BAGHDAD- Following reactions after U.S. confirmed it killed Qasem Soleimani, commander of Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Quds Forces, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, vice president of Hashd al-Shaabi group, or Popular Mobilization Units (PMU).

LIBYA

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

SYRIA

ALEPPO/IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.

AUSTRIA

VIENNA - Following developments after Austria's Conservatives and Greens agreed on coalition government.

SPORTS

ISTANBUL- Turkish basketball club Anadolu Efes to face Khimki Moscow of Russia in Turkish Airlines EuroLeague regular season Round 17.

ECONOMY

ANKARA – Turkish Statistical Institute to release inflation figures for 2019.

ANKARA - Turkey’s Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan to announce Turkey’s export figures for December.

SPECIAL REPORT

US has not done much for Syrian refugees: Expert

By Beyza Binnur Donmez

ANKARA (AA) - Despite causing a lot of the displacement in Syria with its military inaction, the U.S. has not done much for civilians of a civil war as it enters its ninth year, a Syrian-American expert said.

SPECIAL REPORT

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood changes course

ISTANBUL (AA) - Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood (MB) changed course over determining the future of its political work when it agreed to cooperate with Mohamed Ali, a new opposition figure and former army contractor.

SPECIAL REPORT

EastMED gas pipeline is a political project: Expert

By Fatih Hafiz Mehmet

ANKARA (AA) - An academic said that the EastMED natural gas pipeline is a political project, it is not viable and very expensive.

SPECIAL REPORT

Ethiopia: Films breathe optimism into political malaise

By Seleshi Tessema

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA) - A mother of nine was on her deathbed after a careless surgeon who operated on her left surgical scissors in her belly.