Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Friday, June 8, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

NEVSEHIR / KAYSERI - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to address election rallies of ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party in central Turkey's provinces of Nevsehir and Kayseri.

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to announce foreign trade indices for April.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - Turkish Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli to attend NATO defense ministers meeting as well as meeting of International Coalition for Fighting Daesh.

CHINA

QINGDAO - Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON - British Secretary of Defense Gavin Williamson to meet U.S. counterpart James Mattis in London.

LONDON - Freedom, a boat of the international Freedom Flotilla, is to leave English port of Brighton to sail to France.

SYRIA

ALEPPO / IDLIB / HOMS - Monitoring Syrian civil war.

ANALYSIS: New dynamics, threats in war-torn Syria

By Oytun Orhan

ISTANBUL (AA) - Recent military developments in Syria, involving both the U.S. and Turkey, appear to have altered the balance the power.​

EGYPT

CAIRO - Following efforts to draw up new government following this week's resignation of PM Sharif Ismail.

IRAQ

BAGHDAD - Following developments after this week’s decision to conduct manual recount of May 12 poll results.