Advertisement
New Zealand markets close in 6 hours 45 minutes
  • NZX 50

    11,803.28
    -49.52 (-0.42%)
     
  • NZD/USD

    0.5935
    +0.0015 (+0.25%)
     
  • ALL ORDS

    7,937.90
    +35.90 (+0.45%)
     
  • OIL

    83.35
    -0.01 (-0.01%)
     
  • GOLD

    2,335.40
    -6.70 (-0.29%)
     

A show of support for Assad in Damascus

Hundreds rally in the Syrian capital ahead of the country's Independence Day to show solidarity with embattled President Bashar al-Assad. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.