ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):</p> <p> </p> <p>TURKEY </p> <p>ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to address award ceremonies for Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) and Turkish Academy of Sciences (TUBA) at presidential complex.</p> <p>ANKARA – Erdogan also due to attend ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party’s Central Executive Board (MYK) meeting at party headquarters.</p> <p>ANKARA – Following developments in wake of U.S. announcement it will withdraw its forces from Syria, including northeastern Syria.</p> <p>ANKARA – Turkish Statistical Institute to release sectoral confidence indices for December and Social Protection Statistics for 2017.</p> <p>ANKARA – Central Bank to announce capacity utilization rate of manufacturing industry for December.</p> <p> </p> <p>RUSSIA</p> <p>MOSCOW – President Vladimir Putin to hold meeting with government members. Putin later to receive representatives of the Russian business community.</p> <p>MOSCOW – Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to meet with his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi. </p> <p>MOSCOW – Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova to hold weekly press conference.</p> <p> </p> <p>SYRIA
ALEPPO/IDLIB – Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.
YEMEN
SANAA – Monitoring developments in Yemeni humanitarian crisis.
INDONESIA
<p>JAKARTA – Monitoring developments after tsunami hit Sunda Strait following volcanic eruption.
