ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – Monitoring developments in Idlib, northwestern Syria, in wake of Assad regime attack martyring Turkish soldiers.
AZERBAIJAN
BAKU – Country to hold snap parliamentary elections.
CHINA
WUHAN – Following global spread of coronavirus outbreak and efforts to fight it.
LIBYA / RUSSIA / TURKEY
TRIPOLI / MOSCOW / ANKARA – Monitoring diplomatic initiatives to reach cease-fire and find solution to Libya crisis.
SYRIA
IDLIB – Monitoring developments in Turkish- and Russian-brokered cease-fire in Idlib, northwestern province targeted by Assad regime and its allies.
SPECIAL REPORT
1 week into virus quarantine, Turkish evacuees bullish
By Ali Murat Alhas
ANKARA (AA) – A week since Turkey flew out a number of its citizens from Wuhan, China, morale is high, as no one has shown any symptoms of the deadly coronavirus.
SPECIAL REPORT
Turkey advanced in obesity surgery: Expert
By Erdogan Cagatay Zontur
ANKARA (AA) – Turkey has made steady process in obesity surgery in recent years, and now attracts a great many patients from abroad, according to a leading doctor in the field.
SPECIAL REPORT
'Azerbaijan will never allow occupation of its culture'
By Jeyhun Aliyev
BAKU (AA) – Azerbaijan will never allow the "occupation" of its culture, said the country’s culture minister, decrying the destruction of cultural heritage in the country’s territories now occupied by Armenia.
