Forty Massacred Outside Damascus

Suspected mass execution

Reason Staff | 9.26.2012 12:52 PM

Opposition activists said security forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad killed more than 40 people in a small town outside Damascus on Thursday, calling it a massacre.

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Forty Massacred Outside Damascus

Suspected mass execution

Opposition activists said security forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad killed more than 40 people in a small town outside Damascus on Thursday, calling it a massacre.

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