Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has said that over 160,000 Syrian refugees have entered Turkey to escape the Islamic State (IS) militants in northern Syria.
According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), at least 105 villages around Kobani in northern Syria have been captured by IS forces since early this month, Xinhua reported.
Davutoglu said it will support any initiative or operation that brings an absolute solution to the terrorism problem.
The UNHCR said in a statement that it had stepped up its response to help Turkey provide aid to the Syrian refugees who have crossed into the country.
Turkey opened its frontier to cope with a rush of refugees from the Syrian border town of Ayn al-Arab.