#BREAKING French president condemns Israel’s strikes in Lebanon, warns they threaten ceasefire, stresses need to uphold Lebanon's sovereignty, territorial integrity
Here are the main topics that the English News Desk of Anadolu Agency will cover on December 20, 2013.
20 December 2013
Turkish President Abdullah Gul will receive National Intelligence Organization (MIT) chief Hakan Fidan at the Cankaya Presidential Palace in Ankara.
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will have a lunch meeting with EU ambassadors, after which he will receive Archbishop Aram Ateshian, the General Vicar of the Armenian Patriarchate of Istanbul.
The Syrian civil war and its ramifications in the region will be followed.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will pay official visits in Egyptian capital Cairo.
The United Nations and Arab League Special Envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, will meet the deputy foreign ministers of the US and Russia at the UN office in Geneva. The meeting will be held within the context of preparations for the Geneva-II Conference.
President of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, Ahmed Jarba, will visit Syrian refugee camps in Turkey.
Developments in the South Sudan crisis and clashes between rival factions will be followed.
The situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) and the ongoing sectarian violence in the nation will be followed. An Anadolu Agency team on the field will report on the latest developments in the violence-stricken country.
Political developments and pro-democracy movements in Egypt will be followed.
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza will be followed.
In the Turkish Airlines Euroleague, Galatasaray Liv Hospital will take on Bayern Munich in a Group C showdown of regular season round 10. Galatasaray has already clinched a spot in the Top 16.
