The Syrian Center for Policy Research (SCPR) (Arabic: المركز السوري لبحوث السياسات) is a non-governmental think tank which carries out research related to issues of public policy in Syria. Based in Damascus until 2016, SCPR was regarded as one of the most reliable local sources for information about the Syrian civil war since it was unaffiliated with any government or opposition group.[1]
Notable research
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In 2016, an SCPR study estimated that the number of dead due to the civil war was 470,000[1] and that as many as two million people had been injured.[2] The study also stated that during the years of the war between 2011 and 2016 over 6 million Syrian refugees tried to escape the violence.[3]
Strategic objectives
editAccording to the SCPR, objectives include helping people in Syria to better initiate and engage in an open, respectful, and informed dialogue on key issues of public policy.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ a b Times, Megan Specia / The New York. "How Syria's death toll is lost in the fog of war". El Paso Inc. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ "In Easter Urbi et Orbi, Pope prays for 'swift end' to bloody war in Syria". Crux. 1 April 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ Writer, Raymon Troncoso, Contributing. "Did you notice the blue tent on Plaza of Americas?". The Independent Florida Alligator. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
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