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Marib governorate, Yemen: events and estimated deaths in August 2026

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

UCDP recorded 15 eventsP of organized violence in Marib governorate, Yemen in August 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 92P. The low estimate is 79 and the high estimate is 109P. UCDP counts 3P 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: Yemen, 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 the events with 10 or more estimated deaths. The CSV file of Yemen has each event.

Table 1. Marib governorate, August 2026: events with 10 or more estimated deaths (2 of 15 events), in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
6 Aug 2026Marib district, Marib governorateGovernment of Yemen (North Yemen); Forces of the Presidential Leadership CouncilState-based454158
11 Aug 2026Marib governorateGovernment of Yemen (North Yemen); Forces of the Presidential Leadership CouncilState-based111111

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 2. Marib governorate: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of August 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Forces of the Presidential Leadership Council15P92P
Government of Yemen (North Yemen)15P92P

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.

All months

Table 3. Monthly reports of Marib governorate, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
August 202615P92PCandidate Events
July 20265P12PCandidate Events
June 20262P3PCandidate Events
May 20263P8PCandidate Events
April 20265P8PCandidate Events
March 20261P3PCandidate Events
January 20265P11PCandidate Events
December 202548GED
November 202523GED
October 202522GED
September 202514GED
July 202511GED
June 2025512GED
May 202539GED
April 202514GED
March 2025926GED
February 2025926GED
January 2025411GED

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

Marib governorate: all figures

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ConflictStats. Marib governorate, Yemen: events and estimated deaths in August 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/yemen/marib-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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