Istanbul: There are more than 100,000 Syrian refugees in camps in southern Turkey, the Turkish disaster management agency (AFAD) said on Monday.
The agency said in a statement there were now 100,363 Syrians at more than a dozen camps in Turkish provinces along the border.
The tension between the two countries has been soaring as Turkey banned Syrian flights from its airspace in a tit-for-tat move.
Turkey has taken an increasingly strong line towards its southern neighbour since a shell fired from inside Syria killed five Turkish civilians on October 3.
It has since repeatedly hit back for cross-border fire, prompting growing UN concern and a hasty series of diplomatic contacts.
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