Turkey to set up tent city for 80,000 people fleeing Aleppo

Turkey is to set up a tent city to accommodate up to 80,000 people fleeing the government advance on Aleppo, Turkey's deputy prime minister Mehmet Simsek announced in a tweet on Tuesday evening. 

He did not provide any further details, and did not specify whether the camp will be in Turkish territory or will be in rebel-controlled areas of northern Syria. 

Turkey already hosts around 2.7 million refugees from Syria, making it one of the world's biggest hosts of refugees.

However, tens of thousands more are known to have fled the government offensive on Aleppo in recent weeks.