Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, May 30, 2019:

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend Judicial Reform Strategy Program at Bestepe Congress Center.

ANKARA - Erdogan to chair Turkish National Security Council meeting.

ANKARA - Erdogan also due to meet judicial workers at fast-breaking meal (iftar) at presidential exhibition hall.

UK

LONDON - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's US extradition case to start.

GERMANY

BERLIN- Monitoring domestic political developments after coalition partners suffered historical losses in Sunday’s European Parliament elections.

US

WASHINGTON - Turkish think tank Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research to hold discussion on 'The Fragile Ceasefire in Idlib and the Syrian Conflict'.

WASHINGTON - Democratic governor of Louisiana state is expected to sign into law state’s most restrictive abortion law in latest setback to pro-choice advocates.

SAUDI ARABIA

JEDDAH - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to attend Turkey-Malaysia-Pakistan trilateral foreign ministers' meeting.

SERBIA

BELGRADE - Slovakia's Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini to pay official visit to Serbia.

BELGRADE - Turkish Airlines and Tourist Organization of Serbia to hold workshop for 38 tourism agencies from 12 different countries.

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

SARAJEVO - Operational Staff for migration Issues to hold meeting.

BANJA LUKA - First infantry company of Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina to conduct exercise Sadejstvo 2019 in cooperation with special anti-terrorism unit of Ministry of Interior of Republic of Srpska

SYRIA

IDLIB/ALEPPO - Following attacks of Bashar al-Assad regime and its supporters on Idlib de-escalation zone and other developments.

SPECIAL REPORT

Syria’s ‘Twitter girl’ makes appeal for world peace

By Ali Abo Rezeg

ANKARA (AA) – Bana al-Abed, a nine-year-old Syrian girl from Aleppo, has stressed the need for “urgent action” to save the children of her country -- and all over the world -- from the scourge of war.