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As Suwayda governorate, Syria: events and estimated deaths in August 2026

Monthly report of a regionDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

UCDP recorded 3 eventsP of organized violence in As Suwayda governorate, Syria in August 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 3P. UCDP counts 3P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for July 2026 was 1 eventP.

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

The report of the country for this month: Syria, August 2026.

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 26.0.8, 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. As Suwayda governorate, August 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
18 Aug 2026Markaz as Suwayda district, As Suwayda governorateActor not identified by UCDP; CiviliansOne-sided111
23 Aug 2026Shahba district, As Suwayda governorateActor not identified by UCDP; CiviliansOne-sided111
28 Aug 2026Markaz as Suwayda district, As Suwayda governorateGovernment of Syria; National GuardState-based111

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

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.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. As Suwayda governorate: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of August 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Actor not identified by UCDP2P2P
Government of Syria1P1P
National Guard1P1P

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.

All months

Table 3. Monthly reports of As Suwayda governorate, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
August 20263P3PCandidate Events
July 20261P2PCandidate Events
June 20262P2PCandidate Events
May 20262P2PCandidate Events
April 20261P1PCandidate Events
March 20263P6PCandidate Events
February 20265P14PCandidate Events
January 20261P1PCandidate Events
July 202524410GED
May 202511GED
August 202411GED

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. A report of a month more than 24 months before the data end stays online. Search engines are asked not to list it.

As Suwayda governorate: all figures

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ConflictStats. As Suwayda governorate, Syria: events and estimated deaths in August 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/syria/as-suwayda-governorate/month/2026-08/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.8. Data through .

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