Istanbul (CNN) -- The Turkish prime minister huddled Wednesday with a special Syrian envoy in an effort to help stem the growing tide of refugees racing into Turkey from conflict-wracked Syria. The number of Syrians who have crossed the border stood at 8,421 Wednesday morning, according to Turkey's disaster and emergency management directorate. Their flight has been spurred by violence and a military offensive in the country, and Turkish officials are worried that the border crisis could deteriorate and destabilize the region. World powers have been outraged at the violence, and at least 54 countries are backing a tough resolution on Syria that was to be issued Wednesday at the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland.
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A Human Rights Council draft statement is getting support
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Angelina Jolie is to visit refugees in Syria this week
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A human rights activist is reporting hundreds of arrests in Syria
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The state-run news agency reports mass grave containing security personnel
The @placeholder government insists that it is stopping "armed terrorist groups" who carried out a "massacre" in the city: the killing 120 members of the security forces.