World Forty Massacred Outside Damascus Suspected mass execution Reason Staff | 9.26.2012 12:52 PM Share on FacebookShare on XShare on RedditShare by emailPrint friendly versionCopy page URL Add Reason to Google Media Contact & Reprint Requests 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.