More than 1,300 Syrians, including general, flee to Turkey

A Syrian brigadier-general was among more than 1,300 refugees who fled to Turkey to escape escalating violence in Syria overnight, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.

Another 11 military officers were also among the arrivals, bringing the number of Syrian refugees in Turkey to 47,500 people, the ministry said on Twitter. The latest numbers compared with 44,000 Syrian refugees in Turkey at the end of July. (Reuters)