ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Friday, June 8, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
NEVSEHIR / KAYSERI – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to address election rallies of ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party in central Turkey's provinces of Nevsehir and Kayseri.
ANKARA – Turkish Statistical Institute to announce foreign trade indices for April.
BELGIUM
BRUSSELS – Turkish Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli to attend NATO defense ministers meeting as well as meeting of International Coalition for Fighting Daesh.
CHINA
QINGDAO – Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.
UNITED KINGDOM
LONDON – British Secretary of Defense Gavin Williamson to meet U.S. counterpart James Mattis in London.
LONDON – Freedom, a boat of the international Freedom Flotilla, is to leave English port of Brighton to sail to France.
SYRIA
ALEPPO / IDLIB / HOMS – Monitoring Syrian civil war.
ANALYSIS: New dynamics, threats in war-torn Syria
By Oytun Orhan
ISTANBUL (AA) – Recent military developments in Syria, involving both the U.S. and Turkey, appear to have altered the balance the power.
EGYPT
CAIRO – Following efforts to draw up new government following this week's resignation of PM Sharif Ismail.
IRAQ
BAGHDAD – Following developments after this week’s decision to conduct manual recount of May 12 poll results.
