Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to hold joint news conference with his El Salvadorian counterpart Alexandra Hill.

ANKARA - Turkey’s statistical authority TurkStat to release house sales statistics for July.

ANKARA - The Central Bank of Republic of Turkey to announce outstanding loans received from abroad by private sector for June.

ANKARA - Ministry of Treasury and Finance to release central government's debt stock statistics for July.

ANKARA - Industry and Technology Ministry to release international direct investment information bulletin for June.

ICELAND

REYKJAVIK - German Chancellor Angela Merkel to pay an official visit to Iceland.

SWEDEN/NORWAY

STOCKHOLM/OSLO - Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to pay an official visit to Sweden and Norway after his Finland stop as part of a three-nation Scandinavian tour.

UKRAINE

KIEV - Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman to meet his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu.

SYRIA

ALEPPO / IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.

SPECIAL REPORT

Expert: Family planning services crucial for Syrian migrants

By Dilara Hamit

ANKARA (AA) - Now numbering at nearly four million, Syrians living in Turkey need professional guidance on family planning, according to a clinical psychologist from Turkey's Bilkent University.