Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Monitoring developments in Idlib, northwestern Syria, in wake of Assad regime attack martyring Turkish soldiers.

AZERBAIJAN

BAKU - Country to hold snap parliamentary elections.

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

IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Turkish- and Russian-brokered cease-fire in Idlib, northwestern province targeted by Assad regime and its allies.

SPECIAL REPORT

1 week into virus quarantine, Turkish evacuees bullish

By Ali Murat Alhas

ANKARA (AA) - A week since Turkey flew out a number of its citizens from Wuhan, China, morale is high, as no one has shown any symptoms of the deadly coronavirus.

SPECIAL REPORT

Turkey advanced in obesity surgery: Expert

By Erdogan Cagatay Zontur

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey has made steady process in obesity surgery in recent years, and now attracts a great many patients from abroad, according to a leading doctor in the field.

SPECIAL REPORT

'Azerbaijan will never allow occupation of its culture'

By Jeyhun Aliyev

BAKU (AA) - Azerbaijan will never allow the "occupation" of its culture, said the country’s culture minister, decrying the destruction of cultural heritage in the country’s territories now occupied by Armenia.