The most covered up recent massacre in Syria: Ma`an

From a source supportive of the Syrian opposition:  "I am not the source, but you can say "according to a western NGO worker".  I have been following events in Maan closely for the last two years as it has been attacked, since its on a "strategic" road, as people like to say, on the way down to Hama. Almost all its residents have already fled due to successive attacks. Its residents could not be accused of being shabiha and actually had good relations with local Beduin and Sunni neighbors. As of yesterday there were about 40 dead in the attack, or as the opposition calls it, a "liberation." 18 of the dead were women and children. 15 were very old people. 8 of the dead were handicapped. Of course the men were in a local defense group, they have been under attack since 2012. There were also about 17 soldiers, and the survivors fled to the nearest government held town."