diff --git a/platypush/message/request/__init__.py b/platypush/message/request/__init__.py
index c28eb9c5..2f97b5be 100644
--- a/platypush/message/request/__init__.py
+++ b/platypush/message/request/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import copy
 import json
 import logging
 import random
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ class Request(Message):
 
 
     def _expand_context(self, event_args=None, **context):
-        if event_args is None: event_args = self.args
+        if event_args is None: event_args = copy.deepcopy(self.args)
 
         keys = []
         if isinstance(event_args, dict):
@@ -78,8 +79,9 @@ class Request(Message):
 
         for key in keys:
             value = event_args[key]
+
             if isinstance(value, str):
-                value = self._expand_value_from_context(value, **context)
+                value = self.expand_value_from_context(value, **context)
             elif isinstance(value, dict) or isinstance(value, list):
                 self._expand_context(event_args=value, **context)
 
@@ -89,7 +91,7 @@ class Request(Message):
 
 
     @classmethod
-    def _expand_value_from_context(cls, value, **context):
+    def expand_value_from_context(cls, value, **context):
         parsed_value = ''
         while value:
             m = re.match('([^\$]*)(\${\s*(.+?)\s*})(.*)', value)
@@ -107,7 +109,12 @@ class Request(Message):
                             context_argname, path if path else ''))
                     except: context_value = expr
 
-                    parsed_value += prefix + str(context_value)
+                    parsed_value += prefix + (
+                        json.dumps(context_value)
+                        if isinstance(context_value, list)
+                        or isinstance(context_value, dict)
+                        else str(context_value))
+
                 else: parsed_value += prefix + expr
             else:
                 parsed_value += value
diff --git a/platypush/procedure/__init__.py b/platypush/procedure/__init__.py
index ef2322ca..d843550a 100644
--- a/platypush/procedure/__init__.py
+++ b/platypush/procedure/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import logging
+import re
 
 from ..config import Config
 from ..message.request import Request
@@ -24,10 +25,37 @@ class Procedure(object):
         for req in requests:
             req.backend = self.backend
 
+
     @classmethod
     def build(cls, name, async, requests, backend=None, id=None, **kwargs):
         reqs = []
+        loop_count = 0
+
         for request_config in requests:
+            # Check if this request is a for loop
+            if len(request_config.keys()) == 1:
+                key = list(request_config.keys())[0]
+                m = re.match('\s*(fork?)\s+([\w\d_]+)\s+in\s+(.*)\s*', key)
+
+                if m:
+                    loop_count += 1
+                    loop_name = '{}__loop_{}'.format(name, loop_count)
+
+                    # A 'for' loop is synchronous. Declare a 'fork' loop if you
+                    # want to process the elements in the iterable in parallel
+                    async = True if m.group(1) == 'fork' else False
+                    iterator_name = m.group(2)
+                    iterable = m.group(3)
+
+                    loop = LoopProcedure.build(name=loop_name, async=async,
+                                               requests=request_config[key],
+                                               backend=backend, id=id,
+                                               iterator_name=iterator_name,
+                                               iterable=iterable)
+
+                    reqs.append(loop)
+                    continue
+
             request_config['origin'] = Config.get('device_id')
             request_config['id'] = id
             if 'target' not in request_config:
@@ -38,7 +66,8 @@ class Procedure(object):
 
         return cls(name=name, async=async, requests=reqs, backend=backend, **kwargs)
 
-    def execute(self, n_tries=1):
+
+    def execute(self, n_tries=1, **context):
         """
         Execute the requests in the procedure
         Params:
@@ -46,15 +75,12 @@ class Procedure(object):
         """
 
         logging.info('Executing request {}'.format(self.name))
-        context = {}
         response = Response()
 
         for request in self.requests:
-            if self.async:
-                request.execute(n_tries, async=True, **context)
-            else:
-                response = request.execute(n_tries, async=False, **context)
+            response = request.execute(n_tries, async=self.async, **context)
 
+            if not self.async:
                 if isinstance(response.output, dict):
                     for (k,v) in response.output.items():
                         context[k] = v
@@ -65,5 +91,50 @@ class Procedure(object):
         return response
 
 
+class LoopProcedure(Procedure):
+    """
+    Models a loop procedure, which expresses a construct similar to a
+    for loop in a programming language. The 'for' keyword implies a synchronous
+    loop, i.e. the nested actions will be executed in sequence. Use 'fork'
+    instead of 'for' if you want to run the actions in parallel.
+
+    Example:
+
+        procedure.sync.process_results:
+            -
+                action: http.get
+                args:
+                    url: https://some-service/some/json/endpoint
+                    # Example response: { "results": [ {"id":1, "name":"foo"}, {"id":2,"name":"bar"} ]}
+            -
+                for result in ${results}:
+                    -
+                        action: some.custom.action
+                        args:
+                            id: ${result['id']}
+                            name: ${result['name']}
+    """
+
+    context = {}
+
+    def __init__(self, name, iterator_name, iterable, requests, async=False, backend=None, **kwargs):
+        super(). __init__(name=name, async=async, requests=requests, backend=None, **kwargs)
+
+        self.iterator_name = iterator_name
+        self.iterable = iterable
+        self.requests = requests
+
+
+    def execute(self, n_tries=1, async=None, **context):
+        iterable = Request.expand_value_from_context(self.iterable, **context)
+        response = Response()
+
+        for item in iterable:
+            context[self.iterator_name] = item
+            # print('**** context[{}]: {}, iterable type: {}'.format(self.iterator_name, item, type(iterable)))
+            response = super().execute(n_tries, **context)
+
+        return response
+
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