US citizens said, leave Syria

"The information flow of protesters... has slowed down right" the US has its citizens, Syria, leave warned, as the Government of President Bashar al-Assad intensified his campaign against peaceful protests.

The State Department said some non-essential Embassy staff and all Embassy dependents would be left.

The UK says it is working with its partners on measures against Damascus. The United States is considering sanctions.

Tanks were sent in Deraa, the city in the Centre of the protests against President Assad.

In the numerous reports of crackdown and arrests in Syria last days despite the lifting last week of an emergency law was.

More than 350 people in the violence since mid-March, have been killed, say activists.

International concern

The Syrian Government said in a statement carried by the official news agency that it had sent troops to several cities on the request of citizens, the "armed extremists" were concerned.

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Deraa quote at the end were resident arrests and people would be processed by the civil courts", the Government statement added, after lifting the State of emergency last week.

The Agency said some soldiers died in the fighting as the army moved into the southern town of Deraa.

The BBC Owen Bennett Jones in the neighbouring Lebanon, says that the communication with Syria is virtually impossible, although there are clashes reports about continuation as the Government tries to restore control of the city.

Gunfire can be heard on video in the Internet and will on Tuesday was filmed have.

On Monday said bear witness to the army in Deraa, advanced with tanks to support troops. Security forces also reportedly opened fire in a suburb of Damascus.

"The bullet further against the people, but we are to resist," said local activist from azide Abdullah told AFP.

The British Foreign Secretary, William Hague, has called for an end to the "violent repression" of the protests in Syria, and said London was to send a "strong signal" to Damascus.

"This includes working with our partners in the UN Security Council a strong signal to the Syrian authorities to send the eyes of the international community to Syria, and with our partners in the European Union and the region on possible further measures."

According to the UN Security Council diplomat United Kingdom and other European countries are a condemnation of the violence in Syria draft statement circulated.

Targeted sanctions

The US State Department gave a warning later on Monday all Americans urge Syria to move all travel and to leave advice in the country, while commercial transportation was available.

The statement said Government restrictions made it difficult to assess the security situation, adding that the authorities blame attempted violence against foreigners threaten to US citizens.

Administration is considering sanctions pressure on the Government of President Bashar al-Assad to stop his crackdown, US officials say the Obama.

The steps is the freezing of the assets of the Syrian leaders and a ban on business in the United States, but no time scale for the measures given.

RAID-on-Deraa more than 5,000 soldiers and seven tanks said opposition activists involved in on Monday.

Tanks surrounded the Omari mosque in the old town with snipers firing from rooftops, said anonymous opposition.

The opposition said that more than 25 people were killed. This claim could be independently verified.

Deraa is the city where demonstrators began calling for political reforms last month. Now many demand President Assad step down.