ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ISTANBUL – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to receive Arab deputies of Israeli Parliament. Erdogan also to meet Jordanian King Abdullah II over dinner.
VENEZUELA
CARACAS – Monitoring developments on opposition-held demonstrations and demonstrations in support of President Nicolas Maduro in different parts of capital Caracas.
SYRIA
ALEPPO/IDLIB – Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war in wake of US decision to withdraw its troops.
YEMEN
SANAA – Monitoring developments in humanitarian crisis amid civil war.
SPECIAL REPORT:
Poverty, disability and stigma depress Ethiopian lepers
By Seleshi Tessema
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA) – A 70-year-old man was playing cards with his friends in a quiet room shared by a dozen of young and old men wearing pajamas. Against odds, Multeta Daba has learned to play cards with his irreparably damaged fingers on both hands.
