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Syrian government supporters smashed windows at the U.S. Embassy in Damascus on Monday, raised a Syrian flag and scrawled graffiti calling the American ambassador a "dog" in anger over the envoy's visit last week to an opposition stronghold, witnesses said.

Photos posted on Facebook show demonstrators climbing a fence at the compound and raising a Syrian flag.

American officials said the residence of U.S. Ambassador Robert Ford was also attacked by a mob shortly afterwards. The officials said no one was injured on the attack on Ford's home, which is not part of the embassy compound, but that there was some damage to the residence. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter.

Protesters also took part in demonstrations outside the French Embassy in the Syrian capital, just days after the U.S. and French ambassadors visited the opposition stronghold of Hama in central Syria.

One witness, Hiam al-Hassan, said about 300 people had gathered outside the French Embassy, where protesters smashed embassy windows and shattered the windshield of a diplomatic SUV outside the compound. The French flag was removed and replaced with a Syrian one.

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Looks like the Syrian lives just went up a bit.