A Turkish soldier stands guard in Afrin city center, Syria, on March 19, 2018. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that Turkey could expand military operations into other Kurdish-held areas of northern Syria and northern Iraq. Erdogan's comments come a day after Ankara-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) forces took over the northern Syrian city of Afrin from Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG). (Xinhua)