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Damascus governorate, Syria: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP

Data through Name of the region as UCDP writes it: Damascus governoratePopulation about 1,754,000 (Wikidata)

Search engines are asked not to list this page. They list a region page at 30 or more events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. This page has 11.

UCDP recorded no eventsP of organized violence in Damascus governorate, Syria in September 2026. UCDP recorded no eventsP in August 2026.

In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, UCDP recorded 11 eventsP in Damascus governorate, Syria. The best estimate of deaths in the events of the 12 months is 24P. UCDP counts 21P of these deaths as deaths of civilians.

Among the 12 regions of Syria with a page, Damascus governorate has the 12th highest count of events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. Damascus governorate holds 3 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 12 events in Damascus governorate. The count for the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026 is 11P, which is down 8 percent. Over the same periods, the count for Syria as a whole went from 690 to 427P, which is down 38 percent.

Table 1. Damascus governorate, Syria: events and estimated deaths that UCDP records
FigureSeptember 2026PAugust 2026P12 months to 30 Sep 2026P
Events0011
Estimated deaths, best estimate0024
Low estimate of deaths0024
High estimate of deaths0024
Deaths of civilians0021

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 Damascus 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 Damascus 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 Damascus governorate, 1 Oct 2025 to 30 Sep 2026. The map shows 11 events with 24 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. Damascus 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 UCDP10P23P
Government of Syria1P1P

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

Table 3. Second-level areas of Damascus governorate in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Area, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths
Damascus district11P24P

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

Type of violence

Table 4. Damascus governorate: events by type of violence, the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict3P27%
Non-state conflict1P9%
One-sided violence against civilians7P64%

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 Damascus governorate, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
July 20263P16PCandidate Events
June 20261P1PCandidate Events
May 20262P2PCandidate Events
April 20262P2PCandidate Events
February 20261P1PCandidate Events
January 20262P2PCandidate Events
August 202511GED
July 202523GED
June 2025127GED
January 202511GED
November 2024113GED
October 2024632GED

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. Damascus governorate, Syria: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP. https://conflictstats.com/country/syria/damascus-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 Damascus governorate, Syria in September 2026?

UCDP recorded no eventsP of organized violence in Damascus governorate, Syria in September 2026. UCDP recorded no eventsP in August 2026.

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 Damascus governorate, Syria in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, the best estimate is 24P. The low estimate is 24 and the high estimate is 24P.

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.