ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Friday, Jan. 3, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
IRAN / UNITED STATES / IRAQ
TEHRAN / WASHINGTON / BAGHDAD- Following reactions after U.S. confirmed it 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 (PMU).
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.
AUSTRIA
VIENNA – Following developments after Austria's Conservatives and Greens agreed on coalition government.
SPORTS
ISTANBUL- Turkish basketball club Anadolu Efes to face Khimki Moscow of Russia in Turkish Airlines EuroLeague regular season Round 17.
ECONOMY
ANKARA – Turkish Statistical Institute to release inflation figures for 2019.
ANKARA – Turkey’s Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan to announce Turkey’s export figures for December.
SPECIAL REPORT
US has not done much for Syrian refugees: Expert
By Beyza Binnur Donmez
ANKARA (AA) – Despite causing a lot of the displacement in Syria with its military inaction, the U.S. has not done much for civilians of a civil war as it enters its ninth year, a Syrian-American expert said.
SPECIAL REPORT
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood changes course
ISTANBUL (AA) – Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood (MB) changed course over determining the future of its political work when it agreed to cooperate with Mohamed Ali, a new opposition figure and former army contractor.
SPECIAL REPORT
EastMED gas pipeline is a political project: Expert
By Fatih Hafiz Mehmet
ANKARA (AA) – An academic said that the EastMED natural gas pipeline is a political project, it is not viable and very expensive.
SPECIAL REPORT
Ethiopia: Films breathe optimism into political malaise
By Seleshi Tessema
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA) – A mother of nine was on her deathbed after a careless surgeon who operated on her left surgical scissors in her belly.
