António Guterres

victims is increasing, the Turkey presses with its cross-border offensive on the Kurdish-held territories in Northern Syria.

at least 11 civilians died and dozens of fighters from the Kurdish-led SDF and pro-Turkish groups were killed, reports say.

The First death of one of the Turkish soldiers was confirmed by the Turkish military.

tens of thousands of people have fled their homes, amid growing international criticism of the offensive.

Turkey drew in Northern Syria on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump , the American troops out of the area moved in.

analysts say that the US withdrawal in effect gave Turkey The Green light for the start of the cross-border attack.

much of the region was outside the control of the Syrian government, as a result of the Civil War , which started in the year 2011. It was controlled by the Syrian Democratic forces (SDF), since 2015.

The SDF were important allies of the United States in the fight against the Islamic state (IS) group, but also Turkey regarding the Kurdish militias to the SDF as a "terrorist", the anti-Turkish uprisings.

Turkey defended to create his offensive as an offer, a "safe zone", free from Kurdish militias, which is also home to Syrian refugees.

A major concern for The International community to the fate of thousands of alleged IS-prisoners, including many foreigners, guarded by Kurdish troops in the region.

On Thursday, the Turkish troops to the part surrounded by The Border to the towns of Ras al-Ain and Tal Abyad.

declared But while the Turkish military, the operation was said of the plan, Kurdish sources and activists of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), the offensive had not come much further.

Turkish warplanes targets met in both cities, and video footage showed columns of smoke rise above them. Tal Abyad is forced to the only public hospital was to close.

The Kurdish Red Crescent, said there had been 11 confirmed dead civilians so far, and 28 serious injuries, mostly in the Ras al-Ain and other border-town of Qamishli. Some of them are children.

at least five people, including a Syrian baby, were reportedly killed in Kurdish shelling of Turkish border towns.

The SOHR reported at least 29 deaths among the SDF and 17 under pro-Turkish, Syrian rebels, the Syrian National Army More Than 10 villages in Turkish hands.

In a later report they said that the seven members of the pro-Turkish forces, including a Turkish soldier have been killed, as the SDF is a village in Tal Abyad region conquered.

the Turkey, the military confirmed that a soldier's death, and said that three others had been wounded.

Turkey is the Anadolu news agency said late on Thursday 228 Kurdish extremists were "neutralized", since the start of the operation.

A refugee crisis developed. Some 64,000 people have already fled the allegedly out of their homeland, The International Rescue Committee aid organization said.

aid groups flee to say, so many could be from 450,000 forced to move.

According to helpers on the ground, the vast majority of civilians fled Tal Abyad and those that remain in fear of their lives.

Meanwhile, a statement from the UN refugee Agency says the Turkish bombardment affected important civil infrastructure such as water pumping stations, reservoirs, power plants and oil fields. Thousands of people adequate access to clean water in the Hasakeh region, could lose, it said.

Turkey, a "safe zone" to run for 480 km (300 miles) on the Syrian side of The Border , but it is said to be deeper than the planned 32 km border.

The UN security Council discussed The Situation on Thursday at The Request of their current five EU members - the UK, France, Germany, Belgium and Poland , who are demanding that Turkey stop its military offensive.

UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres , expressed his "deep concern" at the increasing violence.

On Friday, Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said he has "serious concerns" about the operation in a meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu .

He expected that Turkey, a Nato member, to act "with restraint," he added.

Mr Erdogan has strongly defended the ingress, threatening to send some of the 3. 6 million Syrian refugees it hosts to Europe, when the Turkish offensive as a profession.

The SDF to say, you hold More Than 12,000 suspected members in seven prisons, and at least 4,000 of them are foreigners. The exact locations were not revealed, but some are reported to be in the vicinity of the Turkish border.

Two camps - Roj and Ain Issa holding company of the families of suspected IS members are within the "safe zone".

On Friday, the Kurdish-led authorities said that discussions were underway on How To get to Ain Issa camp, which had been hit by shelling.

Turkey has said that it is the responsibility for the prisoners IS that during the offensive.

Source of news: bbc.com