World Bulletin / News Desk
TURKEY
ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend draw ceremony for judges and public prosecutors at Bestepe Culture and Congress Center of Presidential Complex.
ANKARA - Erdogan also to chair Central Executive Board meeting of ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party.
ANKARA - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to receive Azerbaijani group visiting Turkey for project bringing together children of Turkish and Azerbaijani martyrs.
ANKARA - Yildirim also to attend draw ceremony and meeting at AK Party headquarters.
UK
LONDON - Experts from chemical weapons watchdog OPCW to arrive to test sample of nerve agent found in Salisbury incident.
BELGIUM
BRUSSELS - U.K. Brexit Secretary David Davis to meet EU negotiator Michel Barnier in Brussels ahead of EU summit.
GERMANY
BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel meets Iceland’s Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir to discuss bilateral ties and international issues.
SYRIA
IDLIB / AZAZ / AFRIN - Monitoring Turkey's continuing Operation Olive Branch against terrorist groups YPG/PKK-ISIL in Afrin, northwestern Syria after clearing the town center from terrorists.
BAGHDAD – On March 19, 2003, U.S.-led forces invaded oil-rich Iraq to topple the Saddam Hussein regime on claims of links to the al-Qaeda terrorist group and possession of weapons of mass destruction.