Current risks in Syria
This page tracks significant risk events worldwide in near real time — earthquakes, disaster alerts, armed conflict, unrest and government travel-advisory changes — combining data from the USGS, GDACS, NASA EONET, UCDP, GDELT, ACLED and official travel-advisory sources. Browse what is happening now, or open the monthly and yearly archive for any country.
51 unrest events, 0 earthquakes, 0 conflict events, and 0 travel advisory changes are active. Fire activity is 2× the 30-day mean.
51 eventsSources: gdelt
51 events· SyriaElevated fire activity · 124 hotspots in the last 24 h vs. a 30-day mean of 55.76
Unrest
Totals for Syria, last 30 days
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 383
- 0 in the list
- Unrest
- 51
- 51 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Signal
How the picture is developing in Syria
Bars: this period · Markers: 90-day daily baseline × days
Events by type in Syria
Against the 90-day baseline
Events per day in Syria
Last 30 days · fire hotspots as line
| Date | Earthquake | Disaster | Conflict | Unrest | Advisory | Fire hotspots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-05 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 122 |
| 2026-08-06 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 78 |
| 2026-08-07 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 2026-08-08 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| 2026-08-09 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| 2026-08-10 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 61 |
| 2026-08-11 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 18 | 0 | 64 |
| 2026-08-12 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 40 |
| 2026-08-13 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 2026-08-14 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2026-08-15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 42 |
| 2026-08-16 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 56 |
| 2026-08-17 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 40 |
| 2026-08-18 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 5 | 0 | 24 |
| 2026-08-19 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 2026-08-20 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 26 |
| 2026-08-21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 204 |
| 2026-08-22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 |
| 2026-08-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| 2026-08-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| 2026-08-25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 2026-08-26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 |
| 2026-08-27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 |
| 2026-08-28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 |
| 2026-08-29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| 2026-08-31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 103 |
| 2026-09-01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 |
| 2026-09-02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 124 |
| 2026-09-03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Events
What is happening in Syria
51 events · newest first
- Unrest
Demonstration in Damascus, Syria
Severity 3 · Damascus · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Reyhanlı, Syria
Severity 3 · Reyhanlı · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Reyhanlı, Syria
Severity 3 · Reyhanlı · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Tadmur, Syria
Severity 3 · Tadmur · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Damascus, Syria
Severity 3 · Damascus · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Damascus, Syria
Severity 3 · Damascus · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Tartus, Syria
Severity 3 · Tartus · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Latakia, Syria
Severity 3 · Latakia · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Damascus, Syria
Severity 3 · Damascus · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Latakia, Syria
Severity 3 · Latakia · Source: gdelt
Reference
What these risk types mean
- Earthquake
- Significant earthquakes (magnitude 4.5+) reported by the USGS.
- Disaster
- Active floods, cyclones, volcanoes, droughts and wildfires reported by GDACS and NASA EONET.
- Conflict
- Armed conflict events above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from UCDP and GDELT.
- Unrest
- Unrest events — protests, strikes, riots — above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from GDELT and ACLED.
- Advisory
- Official government travel-advisory level changes for a country.
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