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Aleppo governorate, Syria: events and estimated deaths in May 2025

Monthly report of a regionDataset: UCDP GEDData through

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UCDP recorded 3 events of organized violence in Aleppo governorate, Syria in May 2025. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 7. The low estimate is 6 and the high estimate is 7. UCDP counts 0 of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for April 2025 was 2 events.

Among the 24 months with a report for Aleppo governorate, Syria, May 2025 has the 17th highest count of events. Aleppo governorate, Syria holds 17 percent of the events that UCDP recorded in Syria in May 2025.

The report of the country for this month: Syria, May 2025.

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An incident where armed force was used by an organized actor against another organized actor, or against civilians, resulting in at least 1 direct death at a specific location and a specific date

UCDP's words. Source: UCDP Candidate Events Dataset Codebook, version 1.5 (Introduction) and UCDP GED Codebook, version 26.1 (section 2, the definition of an event), copied on .

This page rests on UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9, with data through . The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them.

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Events

The table lists each event of the month. The CSV file of Syria has each event.

Table 1. Aleppo governorate, May 2025: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsLowHigh
1 May 2025Manbij district, Aleppo governorateGovernment of Syria; SDFState-based111
12 May 2025Manbij district, Aleppo governorateGovernment of Syria; SDFState-based101
17 May 2025Jabal Saman district, Aleppo governorateGovernment of Syria; ISState-based555

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Aleppo governorate: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of May 2025, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Syria37
IS15
SDF22

An event has two sides, so one event can be in two rows. The deaths are the deaths in the events of a side. The table does not say which side caused a death.

All months

Table 3. Monthly reports of Aleppo governorate, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
August 20268P12PCandidate Events
July 202612P14PCandidate Events
June 202610P13PCandidate Events
May 20263P4PCandidate Events
April 20264P4PCandidate Events
March 20269P16PCandidate Events
February 20266P7PCandidate Events
January 202617P63PCandidate Events
December 202526GED
November 202511GED
October 202528GED
September 2025613GED
July 202513GED
June 202511GED
May 202537GED
April 202522GED
March 20251131GED
February 20252666GED
January 202552346GED
December 202452327GED
November 202434254GED
October 20242534GED
September 20241518GED
August 20241521GED

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Aleppo governorate: all figures

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ConflictStats. Aleppo governorate, Syria: events and estimated deaths in May 2025. https://conflictstats.com/country/syria/aleppo-governorate/month/2025-05/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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