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Turkey launched an offensive against the territory held by Kurdish troops in Northern Syria

US Secretary of state Mike Pompeo has denied, the US, Turkey , gave a "green light" for its offensive In Syria .

Mr Pompeo has defended President Donald Trump is largely criticised decision to withdraw U.S. troops from the Northern border area.

the Turkey on Wednesday launched an assault on the territory held by Kurdish troops - important US allies in the region.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the goal of the "prevention of terrorist-corridor" on The Border .

Turkey said that his plan was deleted The Creation of a "safety zone", the Kurdish Militia , which is also the home for Syrian refugees.

But critics say the operation could lead to the Ethnic Cleansing of The Local Kurdish population in Northern Syria and a revival of the Islamic state (IS) militant group.

Kurdish-led forces vowed to resist the offensive, and on several occasions with the Turkish troops.

The Kurds -who have helped defeat IS In Syria , the most important US fighters-allies in this Fight - Guard , thousands of IS and their families in prisons and camps in the territories under their control. It is unclear whether they will continue to do so if fights Break Out .

The US military says it has taken.

The two men, El Shafi Elsheikh and Alexanda Kotey , were part of a British cell of the nickname given to The Beatles .

you have now been removed, to result in a prison of the Kurdish-led Militia in Northern Syria.

What has to say Mr. Pompeo?

In an interview with the US broadcaster PBS and added that Turkey had a "legitimate security interest" and "a terrorist threat to their South".

He said reports that the US had allowed Turkey to launch an offensive were "simply wrong".

"The United States is not Turkey the green light," he said.

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 President later told a news conference, the Turks and Kurds had to Fight "each other for centuries", and said that.

"With all that being said, we added such as the Kurds ," Mr Trump.

transaction-alliances

Also from The President Trump your own remarkable standards of his off-the-cuff remark that the US Alliance with the Kurds is of little importance, because they were not in Normandy, i.e. they didn't want to Fight with the United States and its allies in the second World War , is extraordinary.

For Mr Trump alliances are simply transactional business agreements will be evaluated after a brutal and short-term cost-benefit analysis. What is the US and what you get In Return ?

In seemingly write off the Kurds , he suggests, allows US to easily find other allies in the region. Really? He has the recent history been forgotten? The Kurds were the only ones, the capable and reliable local allies in the Fight against.

But what will do Mr Trump, about the Turkey , which, by the way, were not in Normandy, or? This is quickly is an important test for Turkey within Nato, with many out of fear, he has become a far from reliable ally of The West .

Republicans and Democrats alike, the decision sentenced to pull back the US troops.

Senator Lindsey Graham , normally a loyal ally of Mr. Trump ' s said the United States would "leave disgraceful", his allies, and has revealed.

"While the government refuses to act against Turkey , I expect strong bipartisan support," he wrote.

What is the latest In Syria ?

Several towns and villages were hit by air strikes and artillery fire on Wednesday, forcing thousands of civilians to flee from their homes.

The Kurdish Red Crescent said that at least seven civilians killed so far, two of them children, and at least 19 injured, more difficult, including four children.

Turkey 's defence, announced the Ministry later that the Turkish troops and Syrian rebels had allies in the area "East of the Euphrates ".

as part of what was called Operation peace spring, while a pro-Turkish group, said the had begun to news Agency AFP news agency, the offensive in Tal Abyad, an area under YPG control.

the proposed reports, there were serious were clashes around the city. it is, and that it was "as now".

the Kurdish authorities have been making for a General mobile and urged the people to "head to The Border with Turkey . to resist, in this sensitive, historical moment".

. 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"".

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.

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, the progress in the direction of the cities, you have to move, in a densely populated, predominantly Kurdish regions.

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" to discuss, while Belgium, France, Germany, Poland and the United Kingdom all requested a meeting of the UN security Council, The Move .

All 15 members of the Board meet on Thursday. The Arab League also announced to convene an urgent meeting to discuss the offensive on the 12. October in Cairo .

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

Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg 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, and measured".

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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