Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Friday, March 2, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

MALI

BAMAKO - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to meet Malian counterpart, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, and later hold joint news conference.

TURKEY

ISTANBUL - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to attend graduation ceremony at National Defense University.

BURSA - Deputy Prime Minister Hakan Cavusoglu to attend reception for 26th independence anniversary of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

ANKARA - Monitoring reactions and developments in Turkey's ongoing Operation Olive Branch against terror group PYD/PKK-Daesh in Afrin, Syria.

SPECIAL REPORT: 'Over 13,000 Syrian women victims of regime prisons'

By Meryem Goktas

ISTANBUL - Thousands of Syrian women languishing in prisons run by the Assad regime have faced torture and rape, according to a Turkish lawyer, who is leading an all-women convoy to raise voice against human rights abuse.

TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS

LEFKOSA - Turkish Cypriot President Mustafa Akinci to meet separately U.S. envoy Kathleen Doherty, and Jean Pierre Lacroix, UN undersecretary-general for peacekeeping operations.

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON - Prime Minister Theresa May to deliver speech on government’s Brexit policy.

IRAQ

BAGHDAD - Monitoring Turkish Chief of General Staff Hulusi Akar’s visit in Iraqi capital.

SYRIA

EASTERN GHOUTA - Monitoring developments after Russia announced "daily humanitarian pause" in Eastern Ghouta.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte to deliver speech on Brexit and future of EU at event organized by Bertelsmann foundation.​

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - UNICEF Regional Director for Middle East and North Africa Geert Cappelaere to hold news conference on situation of children in Syria​.

GENEVA - Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman Lulwah Rashid Al Khater to give latest update on blockade imposed on Qatar.