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Britain Calls Homs Evacuee Screening 'Outrageous'
[An Nahar] Britannia said Thursday it was "outrageous" that Syrian  Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad Horror of Homs... 's regime had been detaining men and boys evacuated from the ravaged city of Homs. Foreign Secretary William Hague said there was a risk that the evacuation could be the pretext for further attacks on Homs. The authorities have been screening scores of men of weapons-bearing age who were detained after they were evacuated from besieged rebel-held areas. "It is outrageous that the Syrian regime is holding and screening men and boys who have been evacuated," Hague said in a statement. "We need answers urgently about what is happening to them. They should be released immediately. Posted by: Fred 2014-02-14 |
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