"Let us remember that the UN does not have its finger on the trigger of any weapon," the spokesman told a regular briefing. "We are not the ones doing the fighting. We've asked the fighting to stop repeatedly."

Turkey and the United States on Thursday worked out a 120-hour halt in fighting along Syria's northern border with Turkey. On Oct. 9, Turkish troops moved into Syria to establish a 30km "safe zone" to shield it from feared attacks by Kurdish forces.

Kurd posts in northeast Syria had been shielded by the presence of its U.S. ally in fighting the Islamic State. But U.S. forces were abruptly ordered to leave the area earlier this month, leaving the Kurds open to Turkish forces.

Turkey has long called Kurdish forces terrorists. Kurds, spread through parts of Iraq, Syria and Turkey, have long been seeking autonomy or an independent homeland.

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