Turkey has said it will build a new refugee camp for Syrian refugees that could accommodate 10,000 people, as hundreds more people fled the country, Today’s Zaman reported..

According to state-run Anatolia news agency, 525 people crossed the border into Turkey late Monday, including a general and four colonels.

Turkey's government-run crisis management center said late Monday that a new camp is being set up near the town of Karkamis, in Gaziantep province which borders Syria. The camp will have a capacity to accommodate 10,000 people.