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Ar Raqqah governorate, Syria: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP

Data through Name of the region as UCDP writes it: Ar Raqqah governoratePopulation about 944,000 (Wikidata)

UCDP recorded no eventsP of organized violence in Ar Raqqah governorate, Syria in September 2026. The count for August 2026 was 2 eventsP.

In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, UCDP recorded 32 eventsP in Ar Raqqah governorate, Syria. The best estimate of deaths in the events of the 12 months is 68P. UCDP counts 34P of these deaths as deaths of civilians.

Among the 12 regions of Syria with a page, Ar Raqqah governorate has the 7th highest count of events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. Ar Raqqah governorate holds 7 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in Syria in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2025, UCDP recorded 36 events in Ar Raqqah governorate. The count for the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026 is 32P, which is down 11 percent. Over the same periods, the count for Syria as a whole went from 690 to 427P, which is down 38 percent. Events of one-sided violence are 44 percentP of the events in Ar Raqqah governorate in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. For Syria, the share is 59 percentP.

Table 1. Ar Raqqah governorate, Syria: events and estimated deaths that UCDP records
FigureSeptember 2026PAugust 2026P12 months to 30 Sep 2026P
Events0232
Estimated deaths, best estimate0468
Low estimate of deaths0468
High estimate of deaths0468
Deaths of civilians0234

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Not all events in UCDP Candidate will make it into the final UCDP GED and new events will be added. The UCDP Candidate is a dataset containing events that have a high probability of being included in the final annual version of UCDP GED.

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.

The pages give counts and their sources. They give no travel, security or safety advice. A count of events is not a measure of danger.

Since the last update

The log has no change for Ar Raqqah governorate, Syria on record. ConflictStats read the UCDP files on . The data cover events through . Changes in the data

24 months

0510Jan 2025Jan 2026GEDCandidate
Figure 1. Events in Ar Raqqah governorate by month. A hollow column is a preliminary month. The line marks the change of dataset: GED to the left, Candidate Events from Jan 2026 to the right. The two datasets are not made in the same way, so a step at the line is not only a change in the events. The figures are in Table 5.
Figure 2. Events in Ar Raqqah governorate, 1 Oct 2025 to 30 Sep 2026. The map shows 32 events with 68 estimated deaths. One dot is one event at the place that UCDP gives. When a source names no exact place, UCDP puts the event at the centre of a region or of the country. The area of a dot follows the best estimate of deaths. The largest dot is for 330 deaths or more.1 death10 deaths100 deathsOutlines: Natural Earth, with the first-level areas of the UCDP data. An outline shows where the events are. It is not a statement about a border.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Ar Raqqah governorate: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Actor not identified by UCDP20P27P
Government of Syria9P32P
IS6P18P
SDF8P26P

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. Names are as UCDP writes them, with two labels that the site writes. UCDP does not identify some actors: the site writes "Actor not identified by UCDP" for each of them. UCDP names some groups for a person: the site writes "Group named for a person (name not shown)" for each of them. A line with a label can hold more than one actor.

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Second-level areas

The areas in Ar Raqqah governorate that UCDP names in the events. The table has 10 areas at most.

Table 3. Second-level areas of Ar Raqqah governorate in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Area, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths
Ar Raqqah district18P39P
Ath Thawrah district2P5P
Tall Abyad district4P7P

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Type of violence

Table 4. Ar Raqqah governorate: events by type of violence, the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict9P28%
Non-state conflict9P28%
One-sided violence against civilians14P44%

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

Monthly reports

One report for each month with events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 30 or more events.

Table 5. Monthly reports of Ar Raqqah governorate, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
August 20262P4PCandidate Events
June 20263P4PCandidate Events
May 20264P6PCandidate Events
April 20262P3PCandidate Events
March 20263P3PCandidate Events
February 20267P14PCandidate Events
January 20267P19PCandidate Events
December 202526GED
November 202516GED
October 202513GED
August 202523GED
July 202511GED
June 202526GED
May 202522GED
March 202544GED
February 202522GED
January 202559GED
December 2024744GED
November 2024919GED
October 2024212GED
September 202425GED
August 202412GED

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 30 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.

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ConflictStats. Ar Raqqah governorate, Syria: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP. https://conflictstats.com/country/syria/ar-raqqah-governorate/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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Questions

How many events did UCDP record in Ar Raqqah governorate, Syria in September 2026?

UCDP recorded no eventsP of organized violence in Ar Raqqah governorate, Syria in September 2026. The count for August 2026 was 2 eventsP.

How does UCDP count deaths?

UCDP gives a best estimate, a low estimate and a high estimate for each event. This page uses the best estimate. For Ar Raqqah governorate, Syria in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, the best estimate is 68P. The low estimate is 68 and the high estimate is 68P.

Are the figures of the latest months final?

No. The figures from January 2026 are from UCDP Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them. UCDP releases the reviewed dataset, the GED, one time each year.