Bulletin 2026-09UCDP data through GED 26.1, Candidate Events 26.0.9Changes in the data

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Syria: events and estimated deaths in September 2026

Monthly reportDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

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UCDP recorded 8 eventsP of organized violence in Syria in September 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 40P. UCDP counts 8P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for August 2026 was 52 eventsP.

The count for September 2025 was 22 events. The change from September 2025 to September 2026 is down 64 percentP. Among the 26 months with a report for Syria, September 2026 has the 25th highest count of events. Syria holds 0 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in September 2026. In September 2025, the share was 1 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.

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Regions

The table has 10 regions at most.

Table 1. Syria, September 2026: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsPEstimated deathsP
Al Hasakah governorate11
As Suwayda governorate11
Daraa governorate13
Deir ez Zor governorate212
Hamah governorate15
Homs governorate11
Idlib governorate117

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

Figure 1. Events in Syria, September 2026. The map shows 8 events with 40 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 each event of the month. The CSV file of Syria has each event.

Table 2. Syria, September 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
1 Sep 2026Shahba district, As Suwayda governorateGovernment of Syria; National GuardState-based111
4 Sep 2026Mintaqat Markaz Homs district, Homs governorateActor not identified by UCDP; CiviliansOne-sided111
4 Sep 2026Al Hasakah district, Al Hasakah governorateActor not identified by UCDP; CiviliansOne-sided111
6 Sep 2026Deir ez Zor district, Deir ez Zor governorateActor not identified by UCDP; CiviliansOne-sided111
9 Sep 2026Harim district, Idlib governorateActor not identified by UCDP; Actor not identified by UCDPState-based171717
17 Sep 2026As Sanamayn district, Daraa governorateActor not identified by UCDP; Actor not identified by UCDPState-based333
18 Sep 2026Deir ez Zor district, Deir ez Zor governorateActor not identified by UCDP; Actor not identified by UCDPState-based111111
30 Sep 2026Masyaf district, Hamah governorateActor not identified by UCDP; CiviliansOne-sided555

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 3. Syria: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of September 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Actor not identified by UCDP7P39P
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.

Type of violence

Table 4. Syria: events by type of violence, September 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict4P50%
Non-state conflict00%
One-sided violence against civilians4P50%

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 September 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/syria/month/2026-09/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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