mswkt = '''PROJCS["Deir ez Zor / Syria Lambert",GEOGCS["Deir ez Zor",DATUM["Deir_ez_Zor",SPHEROID["Clarke 1880 (IGN)",6378249.2,293.466021293627],TOWGS84[-190.421,8.532,238.69,0,0,0,0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4227"]],PROJECTION["Lambert_Conformal_Conic_1SP"],PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",34.65],PARAMETER["central_meridian",37.35],PARAMETER["scale_factor",0.9996256],PARAMETER["false_easting",300000],PARAMETER["false_northing",300000],UNIT["metre",1,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],AXIS["Easting",EAST],AXIS["Northing",NORTH],AUTHORITY["EPSG","22770"]]'''
m = mapObj('')
m.setWKTProjection(mswkt)
lyr = layerObj(m)
lyr.setWKTProjection(mswkt)