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Syria

SevereScore 8Compound crisesOpen the map

Level, last 60 days

  • Deaths 30 d

    62

    UCDP up to 2026-08-31

  • Per million 90 d

    2.5

    last 90 days

  • Civilians

    74%

    last 90 days

  • Incidents 30 d

    51

  • Population

    25.6 M

    World Bank

  • Plants near violence

    1 / 1

    near violence / total; 0 nuclear

Why this level5

  • +3UK FCDO advises against all travel to the whole countryUK FCDO travel advice
  • +25.5 million people in crisis-level food insecurity or worse (IPC 3+)FEWS NET
  • +12 deaths in organised violence in the last 30 daysUCDP GED Candidate
  • +15.0 million refugees and asylum-seekers have fled the countryUNHCR
  • +1Compound crisis: organised violence, official travel advice, food insecurity, mass displacement at the same timeARMSMA situation watch

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Every monitored signal

The last 60 days, each on its own scale.

  • Violence deaths, 30 days

    2

  • Travel advice level (FCDO)

    4

  • Violence incidents, 30 days

    2

  • Severe weather warnings in force

    1

  • Refugees who fled

    5 020 119

  • Power plants near violence

    1

  • People in food crisis (IPC 3+)

    5 500 000

  • Internet outage alerts, 24 h

    1

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Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Deaths in organised violence, per week

Syria, UCDP best estimates. The red bar is the latest week.

The latest week may be incomplete.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Who the violence is between

Deaths by kind of violence, last 90 days of data.

  • State-based conflict · 20%
  • Non-state conflict · 22%
  • Against civilians · 58%

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Food, displacement, sanctions

People in food crisis (IPC 3+)
5.5 M
2026-08
Share in food crisis
21%
2026-08
Undernourishment
39.0%
2023
Refugees who fled
5,020,119
2025
Refugees hosted
14,029
2025
Internally displaced
5,542,227
2025
Sanctions designations
1,073
2026-09-28
GDP per person
$1,057
2025

FEWS NET · World Bank / FAO · UNHCR · OpenSanctions

People in crisis-level food insecurity

IPC Phase 3 or worse, month by month (FEWS NET current-situation estimates, midpoint of the published range).

FEWS NET — IPC-compatible analysis

Latest incidents of organised violence25

DatePlaceSidesDeathsCiviliansReported by
2026-08-30Dahr Amoud Village in Safita countrysideUnidentified armed group (Syria) — Civilians11SOHR
2026-08-29western neighbourhood in Nawa CityUnidentified armed group (Syria) — Unidentified armed group (Syria)10SOHR
2026-08-28road between Sala and Rashida Villages in eastern Al-Suwaidaa countrysideGovernment of Syria — National Guard11SOHR
2026-08-28Al-Sahwa Town in eastern Daraa countrysideUnidentified armed group (Syria) — Unidentified armed group (Syria)11SOHR
2026-08-28outside the courthouse in Al-Hasakah city centreUnidentified armed group (Syria) — Unidentified armed group (Syria)22SOHR
2026-08-27Al-Zahraa in northern AleppoUnidentified armed group (Syria) — Civilians33SOHR
2026-08-24Al-Qamishli cityUnidentified armed group (Syria) — Civilians11SOHR
2026-08-24PalmyraUnidentified armed group (Syria) — Unidentified armed group (Syria)10SOHR
2026-08-23between Umm Al-Dabaib village and Shaqqa town in Al-Suwaidaa countrysideUnidentified armed group (Syria) — Civilians11SOHR
2026-08-22Sarhein village in Hama countrysideUnidentified armed group (Syria) — Unidentified armed group (Syria)10SOHR
2026-08-21Tadef area in eastern Aleppo countrysideUnidentified armed group (Syria) — Civilians22SOHR
2026-08-20Al-Naserah neighbourhood in Al-Hasakah cityUnidentified armed group (Syria) — Civilians11SOHR
2026-08-20Al-Atareb cityUnidentified armed group (Syria) — Civilians11SOHR
2026-08-20Sheikh Ali Kasoun village in Hama countrysideUnidentified armed group (Syria) — Civilians11SOHR
2026-08-20Qamhanah town in Hama countrysideUnidentified armed group (Syria) — Civilians11SOHR
2026-08-20DaraaUnidentified armed group (Syria) — Civilians11SOHR
2026-08-20between the villages of “Al-Bahrah” and “Al-Halouliyah” near Al-Hawl townUnidentified armed group (Syria) — Civilians11SOHR
2026-08-20Al-DumayrUnidentified armed group (Syria) — Civilians11SOHR
2026-08-19Al-Ragheeb in Al-Hawayij townUnidentified armed group (Syria) — Civilians11SOHR
2026-08-19Al-Baseera City in eastern Deir Ezzor countrysideUnidentified armed group (Syria) — Civilians11SOHR
2026-08-19Taweel Harb Village in Al-Qamishly countrysideUnidentified armed group (Syria) — Unidentified armed group (Syria)30SOHR, SOHR
2026-08-18near Al-Hekmah hospital in Al-Suwaidaa cityUnidentified armed group (Syria) — Civilians11SOHR
2026-08-18Al-Jbeleh neighbourhood in Deir Ezzor cityUnidentified armed group (Syria) — Civilians11SOHR
2026-08-17Al-Jajiyah village in Hama countrysideUnidentified armed group (Syria) — Civilians11SOHR
2026-08-17Al-Aziziyah village in Sahil Al-GhabUnidentified armed group (Syria) — Civilians11SOHR

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Conflicts, 90 days6

  • Unidentified armed group (Syria) - Civilians37
  • Unidentified armed groups (Syria)14
  • Unidentified armed group (Syria)10
  • Syria: Islamic State2
  • Government of Syria - Civilians1
  • Syria: Suweida1

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Natural hazards, 30 days0

None in the last 30 days.

GDACS · USGS · NASA EONET

Warnings and notices

UK FCDO: Syria: Avoid all travel

Syria: 1 severe weather warning

• أمواج مرتفعة — Severe

UK FCDO · WMO · WHO · Copernicus EMS

Power plants near danger1

  • Aleppo Thermal Power Plant Syria · Oil · 1,065 MW

    6 incidents within 50 km in 90 days, nearest 21 km

Distance only: this does not mean a plant was affected.

WRI Global Power Plant Database; UCDP; GDACS · USGS