FILE PHOTO: A general view shows the Kurdish city of Afrin, in Aleppo's countryside, Syria March 18, 2015. REUTERS/Mahmoud Hebbo/File Photo

ANKARA (Reuters) - There is a “serious danger” in the Syrian region of Afrin and this must be removed, Turkish Defence Minister Nurettin Canikli said on Wednesday.

Speaking at his ministry’s budget talks in Ankara, Canikli also said the Turkish Armed Forces had completed the formation of its third observation post in Syria’s Idlib province.