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
- 43 in the list
- Unrest
- 36
- 7 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
554 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Tadmur, Syria
Severity 3 · Tadmur · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Mardin, Syria
3 fatalities · Mardin · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in At-tall, Syria
1 fatality · At-tall · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Damascus, Syria
1 fatality · Damascus · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Ramtha, Syria
1 fatality · Ramtha · Source: ucdp
- Unrest
Strike in Damascus, Syria
Severity 3 · Damascus · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Aleppo, Syria
Severity 3 · Aleppo · 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 Tadmur, Syria
Severity 3 · Tadmur · 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 force used in Azaz, Syria
Severity 3 · Azaz · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Da'el, Syria
Severity 3 · Da'el · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Da'el, Syria
Severity 3 · Da'el · 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
Military force used in Tadmur, Syria
Severity 3 · Tadmur · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Reyhanlı, Syria
2 fatalities · Reyhanlı · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Dayr Az Zawr, Syria
1 fatality · Dayr Az Zawr · Source: ucdp
- Unrest
Demonstration in Homs, Syria
Severity 3 · Homs · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ath Thawrah, Syria
Severity 3 · Ath Thawrah · 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 Damascus, Syria
Severity 2 · 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
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
Military force used in Tadmur, Syria
Severity 3 · Tadmur · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Tadmur, Syria
Severity 4 · Tadmur · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Tadmur, Syria
Severity 4 · Tadmur · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tadmur, Syria
Severity 3 · Tadmur · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ramtha, Syria
Severity 3 · Ramtha · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tadmur, Syria
Severity 3 · Tadmur · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Al-qa'im, Syria
2 fatalities · Al-qa'im · 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
Military force used in Tadmur, Syria
Severity 3 · Tadmur · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Martial law 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 Tadmur, Syria
Severity 2 · 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
- Unrest
Demonstration 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 'al'al, Syria
Severity 3 · 'al'al · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tadmur, Syria
Severity 3 · Tadmur · 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.