ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Saturday, Dec. 29, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ISTANBUL - Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to announce Justice and Development (AK) Party’s mayoral candidates for Istanbul for March 31 local elections.
ANKARA - Following developments in wake of U.S. announcement it will withdraw its forces from Syria, including northeastern Syria.
ANKARA - Following developments in case of killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
RUSSIA
MOSCOW - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, intelligence chief Hakan Fidan and presidential aide Ibrahim Kalin to hold talks in Moscow on Syria.
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko.
INDONESIA
JAKARTA - Monitoring developments after tsunami hit Sunda Strait following volcanic eruption and an earthquake that rattled the southern Philippine island of Mindanao.
SYRIA
ALEPPO/IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war in wake of US President Trump's decision to pull out troops.
YEMEN
SANAA - Monitoring developments in Yemeni humanitarian crisis.