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

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

UCDP recorded 4 eventsP of organized violence in Shabwah governorate, Yemen in August 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 12P. The low estimate is 10 and the high estimate is 12P. UCDP counts 1P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for July 2026 was 1 eventP.

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.

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.

Events

The table lists each event of the month. The CSV file of Yemen has each event.

Table 1. Shabwah governorate, August 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
6 Aug 2026Bayḩān district, Shabwah governorateActor not identified by UCDP; Actor not identified by UCDPNon-state111
10 Aug 2026Bayḩān district, Shabwah governorateGovernment of Yemen (North Yemen); Forces of the Presidential Leadership CouncilState-based545
12 Aug 2026Shabwah governorateGovernment of Yemen (North Yemen); Forces of the Presidential Leadership CouncilState-based222
18 Aug 2026Shabwah governorateGovernment of Yemen (North Yemen); Forces of the Presidential Leadership CouncilState-based434

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. Shabwah 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 UCDP1P1P
Forces of the Presidential Leadership Council3P11P
Government of Yemen (North Yemen)3P11P

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 Shabwah governorate, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
August 20264P12PCandidate Events
July 20261P1PCandidate Events
June 20262P2PCandidate Events
May 20262P2PCandidate Events
April 20264P5PCandidate Events
March 20262P4PCandidate Events
February 20261P6PCandidate Events
January 20261P3PCandidate Events
December 2025725GED
November 2025310GED
September 202511GED
July 202522GED
June 202511GED
May 202511GED
April 202533GED
March 202512GED
February 202525GED
January 202536GED
October 202411GED

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

Shabwah governorate: all figures

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