In Syria, the security forces threatened with death to the families of activists

DAMASCUS . Syrian security forces taken prisoner family members of activists who participated in the demonstrations and demanding the resignation of Syrian President Bashar Assad. This was reported by The Telegraph newspaper with reference to the inhabitants of the city Dera'a.

"They sent for me, told that they will kill my brother if I did not give in to them," - said the young man who introduced Abu Mahmoud. He managed to flee abroad, and then got on the list of wanted criminals.

"Every day they (the soldiers) get a new list of names of wanted regime. We have soldiers who give us these lists, sometimes for money, sometimes for free," - said another refugee Abu Ali. He added that security forces threatened his family and the families of two of his cousins, who organized rallies and distributed leaflets with slogans.

"They said they will seek us 24 hours a day. A few days before my departure, they stormed the house of my neighbor and captured its 12-year-old son," - said another organizer of the action of Abu Jarrah. According to him, were also arrested his two younger brothers, and he does not know where they are located, reports BBC.

It was reported earlier that the government of Syria has two days to sign a protocol with the League of Arab States (LAS) consent to comply with its obligations under the "road map" to the crisis. Otherwise, the Arab foreign ministers will hold a December 21 at an emergency meeting in order to appeal to the UN Security Council to approve their settlement plan.

In Syria, a March 2011 anti-government protests are continuing. The opposition is supported by the U.S. and EU demands the resignation of President Bashar al-Assad. The conflict, according to the UN, so far killed more than 5 thousand people.