U.N. aid convoy reaches Homs rebel enclave'The Assad regime detained hundreds of evacuees from the besieged city of Homs as soon as they were rescued, the top U.N. humanitarian official in Syria said.
The world body now has no control over their fate, said Yacoub El Hillo, the U.N. official heading the Homs mission.
About 100 were released Tuesday after receiving amnesty, but the rest were held in a school in a regime-controlled section of the city, U.N. and local officials said.
The governor refused to let news organizations visit the school.
The military-age men "wished to get out and they put themselves at the disposal of the government and relevant authorities," Gov. Talal al-Barazi said in remarks quoted by the Journal.
"The goal is to return Syrian citizens to the state's bosom," Barazi said.'
I would think then that 'rescue' has the opposite of its usual meaning. 'Humanitarian' isn't doing so well either.