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.