The state news agency SANA did not specify what the agency would do, but said it was "of a scientific research nature."Some 140,000 people, including 7,000 children, have been killed in Syria in an armed revolt that began after security forces used violence to crush peaceful protests against 40 years of Assad family rule.
In 'time out' from civil war, Syria creates space agency
Regime does not specify what the agency will do, claims it is for "scientific research."
