Iran vs Syria

Organized violence recorded by UCDP, 12 months to 31 Jul 2026. Both countries are in the Middle East region.

Syria recorded 413 organized-violence events in the last 12 months against 181 in Iran, about 2.3 times as many. Estimated deaths: 23,661 in Iran and 650 in Syria. Adjusted for population, Iran had 2 events per million people and Syria 16.1.

	Iran	Syria
Events, last 90 days	59	136
Change vs prior 90 days	-14%	-7%
Events, last 12 months	181	413
Est. deaths, last 12 months	23,661	650
Civilian deaths, last 12 months	7,196	376
Events per million people	2	16.1
Deaths per million people	256	25.4
Regions with 5+ events	9	12
Main type of violence	State-based	One-sided
Most recorded party	Government of Iran	Unidentified armed group

Iran

Events per month in Iran

Syria

Events per month in Syria

Population: World Bank. See methodology.