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MOROCCO DECLARES THREE DAYS MOURNING ON AL-ASSAD'S DEATH
TUNIS, JUNE 11 (KUNA) -- MOROCCO ANNOUNCED A THREE DAYS MOURNING ON THE
DEATH OF THE SYRIAN PRESIDENT HAFEZ AL-ASSAD, MOROCCAN PRESS AGENCY (MAP),
MONITORED HERE SAID ON SUNDAY.
MAP QUOTED A STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE MINISTRY OF ROYAL PALACES AS SAYING
THAT MOROCCO ANNOUNCED THE MOURNING AND FLAGS WILL BE HALF-MAST FOR THREE DAYS
STARTING FROM SUNDAY.
LATE PRESIDENT HAFIZ AL-ASSAD, 69, PASSED AWAY ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
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