Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

CROATIA

ZAGREB - Second round of Presidential elections to be held in Croatia.

IRAN/US/IRAQ

TEHRAN/WASHINGTON/BAGHDAD - Following developments as tensions remain high after U.S. operation killed Qasem Soleimani, commander of Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Quds Forces, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, vice president of Hashd al-Shaabi group, or Popular Mobilization Units.

LIBYA

TRIPOLI - Monitoring clashes between UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) and forces of Khalifa Haftar.

SYRIA

ALEPPO/IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war and northwestern Idlib de-escalation zone targeted by Bashar al-Assad regime and allies.

SPECIAL REPORT

'Pakistan to raise Kashmir issue at every world forum in 2020'

By Zehra Nur Duz

ANKARA (AA) - Jammu and Kashmir remains one of the oldest unresolved international conflicts on the UN table. On Dec 31, 1947, India sought the UN Security Council intervention, complaining that Pakistan was aiding the invaders, who had overrun the state.

SPECIAL REPORT

2019 begins, ends with bloodshed in Afghanistan

By Shadi Khan Saif

KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) - With deadly precision, Taliban insurgents orchestrated lethal assaults on Afghan forces on New Year Eve similar to those exactly one year before, killing more than 30 soldiers, setting the tone for the year to come.

SPECIAL REPORT

Water increasing factor in global conflicts

By Burak Bir

ANKARA (AA) - The water crisis is one of the most important problems the world faces and will be an increasing factor in conflict, a freshwater policy expert told Anadolu Agency.

SPECIAL REPORT

Killing of Soleimani puts Afghanistan in tight spot

By Shadi Khan Saif

KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) - The assassination of a top Iranian commander by the U.S. has put neighboring Afghanistan in a precarious situation to walk a tight rope of neutrality between Tehran and Washington.