"Once she arrived in Egypt she was befriended and
eventually duped by a fellow woman from Homs who
said she would take Mohammed to Turkey for better
medical care. Instead the woman sold him into
servitude, to a rebel fighting brigade. Analysts say the
practice is common now in Syria, even among moderate opposition groups."
http://abcnews.go.com/International/syrian-mother-speaks-son-sold-battle/story?id=24235083