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Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Saturday, Feb.8, 2020
ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ISTANBUL - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend opening ceremony of Burhan Felek Athletics Stadium.
ANKARA - Monitoring developments in Idlib, northwestern Syria, in wake of Turkish soldiers being martyred by Assad regime attack despite cease-fire.
IRELAND
DUBLIN - Irish voters to go to polls for general election.
ETHIOPIA
ADDIS ABABA - Eight-country trade bloc Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) to hold extraordinary summit on South Sudan.
ADDIS ABABA - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to hold press conference expected to focus on security situation on continent.
CHINA
WUHAN - Following global spread of coronavirus outbreak and efforts to fight it.
LIBYA / RUSSIA / TURKEY
TRIPOLI / MOSCOW / ANKARA - Monitoring diplomatic initiatives to reach cease-fire and find solution to Libya crisis.
SYRIA
ALEPPO / IDLIB / RAQQA / HASAKAH - Monitoring developments in Turkish- and Russian-brokered cease-fire in Idlib, northwestern province targeted by Bashar al-Assad regime and allies.
SPECIAL REPORT
Cem Karaca: Bard of Anatolian rock
By Erdogan Cagatay Zontur
ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkey on Saturday remembered singer-songwriter Cem Karaca, 16 years after the passing of the Turkish rock icon.
SPECIAL REPORT
ANALYSIS – Israel set to boost its soft power in China
By Selim Han Yeniacun
ISTANBUL (AA) - Economic ties between China and Israel have undeniably picked up in recent years. In addition to commercial links, the Israeli lobby has also been working hard to forge stronger political and cultural interaction between the two.
SPECIAL REPORT
Libya: Never-ending chaos
By Nebahat Tanriverdi Yasar
ISTANBUL (AA) - While UN initiatives are underway to gather a 5+5 military commission in Geneva for a permanent truce in Libya, eastern-based warlord Khalifa Haftar is speeding up military deployments with the support of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Egypt under the shadow of a fragile cease-fire.
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