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Syria: events and estimated deaths in January 2026

Monthly reportDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

UCDP recorded 53 eventsP of organized violence in Syria in January 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 122P. The low estimate is 122 and the high estimate is 123P. UCDP counts 66P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for December 2025 was 18 events.

The count for January 2025 was 77 events. The change from January 2025 to January 2026 is down 31 percentP. Among the 26 months with a report for Syria, January 2026 has the 8th highest count of events. Syria holds 3 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in January 2026. In January 2025, the share was 3 percent.

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.

Regions

The table has 10 regions at most.

Table 1. Syria, January 2026: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsPEstimated deathsP
Al Hasakah governorate713
Aleppo governorate1763
Ar Raqqah governorate719
As Suwayda governorate11
Damascus governorate22
Deir ez Zor governorate37
Hamah governorate55
Homs governorate78
Idlib governorate22
Rif Dimashq governorate22

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

Figure 1. Events in Syria, January 2026. The map shows 53 events with 122 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.

Events

The table lists the events with 10 or more estimated deaths. The CSV file of Syria has each event.

Table 2. Syria, January 2026: events with 10 or more estimated deaths (1 of 53 events), in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
6 Jan 2026Jabal Saman district, Aleppo governorateGovernment of Syria; SDFState-based222222

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

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 3. Syria: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of January 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Actor not identified by UCDP29P38P
Government of Syria24P84P
National Guard1P1P
SDF20P74P

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.

Type of violence

Table 4. Syria: events by type of violence, January 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict24P45%
Non-state conflict3P6%
One-sided violence against civilians26P49%

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

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

All months

Table 5. Monthly reports of Syria, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 20268P40PCandidate Events
August 202652P65PCandidate Events
July 202651P71PCandidate Events
June 202649P60PCandidate Events
May 202640P54PCandidate Events
April 202647P59PCandidate Events
March 202642P54PCandidate Events
February 202653P79PCandidate Events
January 202653P122PCandidate Events
December 20251842GED
November 2025510GED
October 2025921GED
September 20252237GED
August 20252441GED
July 202538431GED
June 20252357GED
May 20251833GED
April 20251825GED
March 2025702,244GED
February 202550116GED
January 202577392GED
December 2024141954GED
November 2024113739GED
October 202496207GED
September 202475186GED
August 202476146GED

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 20 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.

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ConflictStats. Syria: events and estimated deaths in January 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/syria/month/2026-01/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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