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Jul172011
Syria (and Beyond) LiveBlog: A Regime Losing Control?
Sunday, July 17, 2011 at 20:25 | Scott Lucas in Africa, EA Global, EA Middle East and Turkey, Middle East and Iran
2025 GMT: Syria state news agency SANA is highlighting pro-regime rallies throughout the country today, including marches in Damascus, Baniyas, "stressing rejection of all forms of foreign interference in Syria's affairs".
The demonstrators unfurled large Syrian flags, sang the national anthem, and chanted in support of President Assad's reform programme.
2010 GMT: Footage from Morocco's largest city Casablanca of today's pro-reform demonstration: