Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ISTANBUL - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to receive Arab deputies of Israeli Parliament. Erdogan also to meet Jordanian King Abdullah II over dinner.

VENEZUELA

CARACAS - Monitoring developments on opposition-held demonstrations and demonstrations in support of President Nicolas Maduro in different parts of capital Caracas.

SYRIA

ALEPPO/IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war in wake of US decision to withdraw its troops.

YEMEN

SANAA - Monitoring developments in humanitarian crisis amid civil war.

SPECIAL REPORT:

Poverty, disability and stigma depress Ethiopian lepers

By Seleshi Tessema

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA) - A 70-year-old man was playing cards with his friends in a quiet room shared by a dozen of young and old men wearing pajamas. Against odds, Multeta Daba has learned to play cards with his irreparably damaged fingers on both hands.