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Turkey launched a ground offensive in Northern Syria , hours after its warplanes and artillery hit the territory, began and held by Kurdish troops.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the operation was cleared for The Creation of a "safety zone", the Kurdish Militia , which is also the home for Syrian refugees.

The unilateral decision has been widely condemned, with the European Union , Turkey is pushing to end the offensive.

the Kurdish troops who were the main allies of the United States vowed to resist.

The offensive was launched just a few days after President Donald Trump , the US-troops from The Border area moved, a decision that was criticized at home and abroad.

The Kurds - helped defeat the Islamic state (IS) group In Syria - Guard , thousands of IS fighters and their relatives in prisons and camps in the territories under their control. It is unclear whether they will continue to do so if fights Break Out .

In an earlier statement, Mr trump had threatened to "obliterate the economy of Turkey ", if it was "off limits", - said the US does not "approve of this attack", calling the process a "bad idea".

the British foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab expressed "serious concerns" about the offensive, saying that it is "the risk of destabilization of the region, exacerbating the humanitarian suffering and undermine the progress that IS against".

What is the plan for the Turkey ?

On Twitter, Mr Erdogan said The Mission "was to prevent The Creation of a terrorist-corridor on our southern border, and the peace-field," swore to "preserve Syria 's territorial integrity and the liberation of local communities from the terrorists. "

Turkey regards the Kurdish YPG Militia was the dominant force in the Syrian Democratic forces (SDF) - is an extension of the banned Kurdistan workers ' party, which has fought for Kurdish autonomy in Turkey for three decades.

Several towns and villages were hit by air strikes and artillery fire, and the inhabitants, fleeing from the cities of Ras al-Ain and Tal Abyad. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights , a monitoring group said at least eight people had been killed.

on Late Wednesday night in the Turkish Ministry of defense, said the Turkish troops and Syrian rebels had allies in the area "East of the Euphrates". A pro-Turkish group, the news Agency AFP news agency that had started the offensive said, in Tal Abyad, an area under YPG control.

But SDF spokesman, Mustafa Bali, said their forces repelled had to penetrate a ground, and that it was "as now".

The Turkish government plans to send two million of the 3. 6 million Syrian refugees on its soil, the "safe zone". The offensive could displace lives of 300,000 people, the area, The International Rescue Committee, said.

It was, thought of the offensive - the Turkey is the third military operation in Northern Syria in three years - first the focus on a 100 km (62 miles) long route between Tal Abyad and Ras al-Ain, a sparsely populated, especially in the Arab region.

Mr Bali said the cities of Kobane, in The West , and Qamishli, to The East , had been hit by Turkish fire. If Turkish troops advance on those cities, you would move, in a densely populated, predominantly Kurdish regions.

The SDF also said the prisons holding fighters was met by a Turkish air attack. And in the midst of the rising humanitarian concerns, she asked the US to stop led coalition against the introduction of a no-fly zone attacks on innocent people"".

swift-move

the BBC's Orla Guerin in Akcakale on the Turkish-Syrian border

Turkey has, moved incredibly quickly. It is difficult to give any assessment at this point how long this process will continue. It certainly has been a very long time in the planning - it's something I wanted to do the Turkey for at least two years.

President Erdogan says this is the beginning of the Operation peace spring. There is No Doubt that for the Syrian civilians, which can be easily seen just across The Border , which is considered to be a further round of fighting in an agonisingly Long War .

The Kurdish forces have stressed, almost desperate, that the hard-won gains in its long fight against IS is now At Risk . The SDF is estimated to have 11,000 fighters in the fighting have lost. They succeeded, with American help.

But they point out that, for example, you may have to the withdrawal of their forces from the prisons, where they hold, IS a fighter, or from cities that have been liberated. The Kurds are basically saying to The West : The War we fought in your name is in danger because of what it wants to do the Turkey .

What has been The International reaction?

The EU said it was "unlikely that a so-called 'safe zone'. would international criteria for the return of refugees to meet, while the United Kingdom and France are planned according to your request to discuss an urgent meeting of the UN security Council, The Situation .

Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that Turkey , a Nato member, had concerns for the "legitimate security", but that he expected the country to "act with restraint and to ensure that any Action . is proportional to and measured.

residents fled The Border cities after the offensive, the First group of Turkish infantry began preparation on Syria

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, a close ally of Mr Trump said he would have to make an attempt in the Congress," Erdogan is a high price to pay", and added: "Pray for our Kurdish allies, who were shamelessly abandoned by the trump management. "

In his statement, Mr Trump also said that Turkey would be responsible for ensuring that suspected fighters captured remained held in the prison, and not reforming.

IS How would a break-in effects on The Situation ?

The SDF says it is the detention of 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".

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