Diary

ANKARA

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Sunday, Feb. 21, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

KILIS - Defense minister to visit Kilis province on Turkey-Syria border, after weeklong artillery fire targeting positions of the terrorist PYD-YPG group in northern Syria.

MIDDLE EAST - NORTH AFRICA

QATAR

DOHA - Gulf States declare support for Saudi decision to conduct ‘comprehensive review’ of relations with Lebanon and suspend aid to Lebanese army.

SOUTH ASIA

SPECIAL REPORT:

Student leader’s arrest in New Delhi has consequences

By Ahmad Adil and Zahid Rafiq

NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR (AA) - Last week’s arrest of a student leader in New Delhi has snowballed into a major controversy and prompted a number of Kashmiri students in the capital to go into hiding.​

AFRICA

NIGER

NIAMEY - Nigeriens to vote in the country's presidential and parliamentary elections on Sunday.

SE ASIA - PACIFIC

AUSTRALIA

MELBOURNE - Immigration minister says asylum seeker baby who doctors refused to discharge from Brisbane hospital will be placed in community detention rather than immediately deported to an offshore detention center in Nauru.

INDONESIA

MALANG - Police announce release of majority of the more than 35 suspected militants caught while engaged in military-style training in mountains of Central Java province.