Families of the Lebanese abducted soldiers received threats from Daesh threatening them to kill all their relatives unless their demands were met.
In a press conference from their sit-in venue, the families blamed the government for the execution of policeman Ali Bazzal by Daesh militants, vowing to escalate their protests till the release of their loved ones.
The al-Nusra Front and the Dash militants overran the eastern Lebanese town of Arsal, situated about 124 kilometers northeast of Beirut, in August, killing and capturing some 20 soldiers and police officers there.