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		</div><p>Turkish forces have pushed deeper into north-eastern Syria on the third day of Ankara’s cross-border offensive against Kurdish fighters, which has sparked another mass displacement of civilians and met with widespread criticism from the international community.</p>
<p>There were casualties on both sides and Turkey reported its first military fatality, saying a soldier was “martyred” in the fighting and three others were injured.</p>
<p>At least six civilians are reported to have been killed in Turkey and seven more in Syria since Ankara launched its air and ground operation, a move it said is necessary to protect national security</p>
<p>The Turkish defence ministry also said 49 more “terrorists” had been “neutralised” in the incursion – in reference to Syrian Kurdish fighters – saying it has now killed a total of 277.</p>
<p>The numbers could not be independently verified.</p>
<p>On Friday morning, plumes of black smoke billowed from the Syrian border town of Tel Abyad as Turkey continued bombarding the area.</p>
<p>Residents fled with their belongings loaded into vehicles, or on foot, and the UN refugee agency has warned tens of thousands of people are on the move seeking safety.</p>
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<p>Aid agencies warn nearly half-a-million people near the border are at risk – in scenes similar to those from a few years ago when civilians fled the Islamic State group militants.</p>
<p>Ankara insists its incursion is progressing “successfully as planned”, though a Kurdish-led group and Syrian activists say that despite the bombardment, Turkish troops have not made much progress.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, a French official has said sanctions against Turkey over the incursion will be “on the table” at next week’s European Union summit.</p>
<p>Amelie de Montchalin, the French secretary for European affairs, said Europe rejects any idea that it is powerless to respond to what she described as a shocking situation against civilians and Europe’s Kurdish allies.</p>
<p>Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has responded to criticism with a warning to the EU not to call the incursion into Syria an “invasion”, and he renewed a threat to “open the gates” and let Syrian refugees flood into Europe.</p>
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