Syrian security forces are threatening family members of anti-Assad protesters and seizing them as hostages, activists from the restive southern province of Deraa say.
Virtually cut off from outsiders, the area which sustained the first government tank assault of the uprising nine months ago this week is now facing a military sweep intended to quell dissent.
Separate families told independently how brothers and children of those wanted by the authorities have been targeted to force their relatives to give themselves up.
"They sent for me, saying they would kill my brother if I didn't hand myself in," one man, who called himself Abu Mahmoud, said in the Jordanian town of Ramtha after fleeing over the border last week.
His name had appeared on the "wanted" list issued daily to troops. Full story...
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Virtually cut off from outsiders, the area which sustained the first government tank assault of the uprising nine months ago this week is now facing a military sweep intended to quell dissent.
Separate families told independently how brothers and children of those wanted by the authorities have been targeted to force their relatives to give themselves up.
"They sent for me, saying they would kill my brother if I didn't hand myself in," one man, who called himself Abu Mahmoud, said in the Jordanian town of Ramtha after fleeing over the border last week.
His name had appeared on the "wanted" list issued daily to troops. Full story...
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