Turkey fears new influx of up to 600,000 refugees
The fierce fighting in Aleppo could see a wave of 600,000 Syrian refugees fleeing to the border of Turkey, the country's deputy prime minister has warned.
Turkey has been urged to let in tens of thousands of Syrian refugees who are trapped at its border in freezing conditions after fleeing fighting and bombing in the city of Aleppo.
The German chancellor Angela Merkel is due in Ankara today for talks with the Turkish government on Syria and the refugee crisis.
