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Dali governorate, Yemen: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP

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UCDP recorded 2 eventsP of organized violence in Dali governorate, Yemen in September 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 4P. The count for August 2026 was 8 eventsP.

In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, UCDP recorded 35 eventsP in Dali governorate, Yemen. The best estimate of deaths in the events of the 12 months is 110P. The low estimate is 102 and the high estimate is 111P. UCDP counts 18P of these deaths as deaths of civilians.

Among the 16 regions of Yemen with a page, Dali governorate has the 8th highest count of events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. Dali governorate holds 5 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in Yemen in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2025, UCDP recorded 12 events in Dali governorate. The count for the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026 is 35P, which is up 192 percent. Over the same periods, the count for Yemen as a whole went from 345 to 690P, which is up 100 percent. For the events in Dali governorate, the three types of violence have shares within 5 points of the shares for Yemen.

Table 1. Dali governorate, Yemen: events and estimated deaths that UCDP records
FigureSeptember 2026PAugust 2026P12 months to 30 Sep 2026P
Events2835
Estimated deaths, best estimate417110
Low estimate of deaths415102
High estimate of deaths417111
Deaths of civilians0318

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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  • UCDP recorded 2 events in Dali governorate, Yemen, in September 2026 (preliminary). The count for August 2026 was 8 (preliminary).

All changes recorded on 28 Oct 2026

24 months

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Figure 1. Events in Dali 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 Dali governorate, 1 Oct 2025 to 30 Sep 2026. The map shows 35 events with 110 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. Dali 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
ASTC7P18P
Forces of the Presidential Leadership Council32P107P
Government of Yemen (North Yemen)28P92P
STC11

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.

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

Second-level areas

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

Table 3. Second-level areas of Dali governorate in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Area, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths
aḑ-Ḑāli‘ district6P16P
Al Azāriq district1P2P
Damt district1P5P
Qa‘ţabah district22P77P

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

Type of violence

Table 4. Dali governorate: events by type of violence, the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict28P80%
Non-state conflict5P14%
One-sided violence against civilians2P6%

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 Dali governorate, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 20262P4PCandidate Events
August 20268P17PCandidate Events
July 20264P37PCandidate Events
June 20263P15PCandidate Events
May 20265P9PCandidate Events
April 20261P1PCandidate Events
March 20261P1PCandidate Events
February 20261P3PCandidate Events
January 20263P12PCandidate Events
December 202511GED
November 202512GED
October 202558GED
September 202538GED
August 202513GED
June 202533GED
May 202511GED
April 202515GED
March 202511GED
February 202511GED
January 202511GED
September 202413GED
August 202413GED

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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Questions

How many events did UCDP record in Dali governorate, Yemen in September 2026?

UCDP recorded 2 eventsP of organized violence in Dali governorate, Yemen in September 2026. The count for August 2026 was 8 eventsP.

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 Dali governorate, Yemen in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, the best estimate is 110P. The low estimate is 102 and the high estimate is 111P.

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.