Bulletin 2026-08UCDP data through GED 26.1, Candidate Events 26.0.8Changes in the data

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Deir ez Zor governorate, Syria: events and estimated deaths in August 2026

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

UCDP recorded 7 eventsP of organized violence in Deir ez Zor governorate, Syria in August 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 8P. UCDP counts 6P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for July 2026 was 5 eventsP.

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. Deir ez Zor governorate, August 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
2 Aug 2026Deir ez Zor governorateActor not identified by UCDP; CiviliansOne-sided111
8 Aug 2026Deir ez Zor district, Deir ez Zor governorateActor not identified by UCDP; CiviliansOne-sided111
8 Aug 2026Deir ez Zor district, Deir ez Zor governorateGovernment of Syria; ISState-based222
16 Aug 2026Deir ez Zor governorateGovernment of Syria; CiviliansOne-sided111
18 Aug 2026Deir ez Zor district, Deir ez Zor governorateActor not identified by UCDP; CiviliansOne-sided111
19 Aug 2026Deir ez Zor district, Deir ez Zor governorateActor not identified by UCDP; CiviliansOne-sided111
19 Aug 2026Deir ez Zor governorateActor not identified by UCDP; CiviliansOne-sided111

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. Deir ez Zor 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 UCDP5P5P
Government of Syria2P3P
IS1P2P

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 Deir ez Zor governorate, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
August 20267P8PCandidate Events
July 20265P5PCandidate Events
June 20264P4PCandidate Events
May 20268P9PCandidate Events
April 20266P6PCandidate Events
March 20264P4PCandidate Events
February 20267P9PCandidate Events
January 20263P7PCandidate Events
December 202579GED
November 202522GED
October 202548GED
September 2025614GED
August 2025711GED
July 202535GED
June 202557GED
May 202559GED
April 2025610GED
March 202533GED
February 2025312GED
January 202514GED
December 20241660GED
November 20242236GED
October 20241831GED
September 20241434GED
August 20241547GED

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.

Deir ez Zor governorate: all figures

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ConflictStats. Deir ez Zor governorate, Syria: events and estimated deaths in August 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/syria/deir-ez-zor-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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