Risk events in Syria, May 2026
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.
554 events were recorded: 518 conflict events and 36 unrest events.
554 eventsSources: gdelt · ucdp
554 events· Syria
ConflictUnrest
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 518
- 48 in the list
- Unrest
- 36
- 2 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Signal
How the picture is moving
Bars: this period · Markers: 90-day daily baseline × days
Events by type
Against the 90-day baseline
Events per day
| Date | Earthquake | Disaster | Conflict | Unrest | Advisory | Fire hotspots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 2026-05-02 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-05-03 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-05-04 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-05-05 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-06 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 2026-05-07 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 2026-05-08 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2026-05-09 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-05-10 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-05-11 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 2026-05-12 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026-05-13 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-05-14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-05-15 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2026-05-16 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 2026-05-17 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| 2026-05-18 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 2026-05-19 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-05-20 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026-05-21 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-05-22 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| 2026-05-23 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2026-05-24 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2026-05-25 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2026-05-26 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2026-05-27 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 23 |
| 2026-05-28 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026-05-29 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2026-05-30 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2026-05-31 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Events
What is happening now
554 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Damascus, Syria
Severity 3 · Damascus · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tadmur, Syria
Severity 3 · Tadmur · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tadmur, Syria
Severity 3 · Tadmur · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Tadmur, Syria
Severity 2 · Tadmur · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in 'al'al, Syria
Severity 3 · 'al'al · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tadmur, Syria
Severity 3 · Tadmur · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Damascus, Syria
Severity 3 · Damascus · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Reyhanlı, Syria
Severity 3 · Reyhanlı · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Damascus, Syria
Severity 3 · Damascus · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Damascus, Syria
Severity 3 · Damascus · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in 'al'al, Syria
Severity 2 · 'al'al · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Damascus, Syria
Severity 3 · Damascus · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Jableh (Jablah), Syria
Severity 3 · Jableh (Jablah) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Damascus, Syria
Severity 4 · Damascus · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tadmur, Syria
Severity 3 · Tadmur · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Aleppo, Syria
Severity 3 · Aleppo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tadmur, Syria
Severity 3 · Tadmur · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Martial law in Ath Thawrah, Syria
Severity 3 · Ath Thawrah · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Damascus, Syria
Severity 4 · Damascus · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in 'ayn-al-'arab, Syria
3 fatalities · 'ayn-al-'arab · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Al-Hasakah, Syria
1 fatality · Al-Hasakah · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Military force used in Tadmur, Syria
Severity 3 · Tadmur · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tadmur, Syria
Severity 3 · Tadmur · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Damascus, Syria
Severity 3 · Damascus · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Tadmur, Syria
Severity 2 · Tadmur · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Reyhanlı, Syria
Severity 3 · Reyhanlı · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Damascus, Syria
Severity 2 · Damascus · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Reyhanlı, Syria
Severity 3 · Reyhanlı · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in 'al'al, Syria
Severity 3 · 'al'al · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Nabatieh, Syria
Severity 3 · Nabatieh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Aleppo, Syria
Severity 3 · Aleppo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tadmur, Syria
Severity 3 · Tadmur · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Tadmur, Syria
Severity 2 · Tadmur · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tadmur, Syria
Severity 3 · Tadmur · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Tadmur, Syria
Severity 2 · Tadmur · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tadmur, Syria
Severity 3 · Tadmur · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Tadmur, Syria
Severity 2 · Tadmur · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Damascus, Syria
Severity 3 · Damascus · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Da'el, Syria
1 fatality · Da'el · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Samandağ, Syria
1 fatality · Samandağ · Source: ucdp
- Unrest
Demonstration in Ath Thawrah, Syria
Severity 3 · Ath Thawrah · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Tadmur, Syria
Severity 2 · Tadmur · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tadmur, Syria
Severity 3 · Tadmur · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Aleppo, Syria
Severity 3 · Aleppo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Tadmur, Syria
Severity 2 · Tadmur · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tadmur, Syria
Severity 3 · Tadmur · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tadmur, Syria
Severity 3 · Tadmur · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Tadmur, Syria
Severity 2 · Tadmur · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Ramtha, Syria
Severity 2 · Ramtha · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Jableh (Jablah), Syria
3 fatalities · Jableh (Jablah) · Source: ucdp
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.