Turkey to open new refugee camp for Syrians
By: | Associated Press
Published: July 17, 2012
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) Turkey is building a new refugee camp for Syrian refugees to accommodate 10,000 people, officials said Tuesday, as hundreds more people fled the escalating violence.
The state-run Anadolu agency reported that at least 864 people had crossed the border into Turkey since Monday, including a general and four colonels.
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