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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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