Syria
Level criticalupdated 3 min agoActive armed conflict zone
Based on UCDP armed-conflict records and official travel advisories, since August 21, 2026.
Strongly advised against right now — follow official advisories. The country is also classified as an armed conflict zone.
What are the main risks in Syria?
Over the last 12 months, our sensors recorded 68 events there, including 9 severe. The most frequent: Armed attack, Armed conflict, Wildfire.
Is there a government travel advisory for Syria?
Yes — of the 19 governments we track, 17 advise against travel and 0 urge extra caution. The detail is in the security section below.
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Syria: current alerts and safety news
The alerts open right now, all sources combined — weather, seismic, satellite, health and state advisories.
Being verified
We detected the following events, but they are not yet reliable enough to qualify as alerts — they are awaiting confirmation from an official source. A report is not an established fact.
Last 90 days
- Calm
- Moderate / High
- Critical
- N/A
Colour = the country level observed that day (highest of the day). N/A: before our records began.
Is it safe to travel to Syria?
The United Kingdom advises against all travel to Syria, at its strongest level, and it covers the whole country, not selected areas. Syria is in armed conflict. Over the last 12 months we recorded 21 events, 10 of them severe. Conflict accounts for 7, with 6 severe, and it carries the highest stakes for people. Fires were logged more often, 8 events with 1 severe, and floods 5 times with 2 severe, but frequency is not danger: fire sensors see far more than conflict records. Only fires and floods have a season here, fire with the heat and water with the rains. Conflict has none, so a busy month is chance. Across all hazards combined, August came first with 5 events, then January and June with 3 each; December, February and April had 1 each.
What it changes for a nomad
There is no version of this stay that goes to plan. A state telling its own citizens to avoid all travel to the entire country is the plainest signal you will get, and armed conflict is the reason. At that level insurance, banking, flights and consular help fall away, and none of it depends on how a given week feels on the ground. If you are already there, the four alerts running now matter more than any monthly pattern. A stay of several weeks can run into what you cannot plan around: cuts to power and water, closed roads, health services under strain. Season touches only two of the recorded hazards, fire in the hot months and water when the rains come, and neither is what defines a stay here. Keep your own picture updated day by day, and treat the official notice as the starting point.
Written with the help of AI from Mira Safe's sourced data on August 24, 2026 · does not replace local guidance How this analysis is produced →
1 earlier analysis
August 21, 2026
Over the last 12 months, Syria has experienced a high level of risk across several hazards. Conflict remains the most severe, with six recorded events that are all considered severe. Wildfires and floods also occur regularly, with eight and five events respectively, some of which are severe. Wildfires tend to be more frequent in certain seasons, and floods happen mainly during rainy periods. The country is currently in a war zone, with ongoing armed conflict since August, and the situation is not provisional. Official advisories strongly recommend avoiding all travel to the country. Little was recorded about other risks like homicides, but the ongoing conflict and natural hazards shape the overall danger landscape.
To watch right now
- Four alerts are open right now; check what each one covers before you move.
- The do-not-travel notice covering the whole country is among the most recent records we hold, and it sits at the top of the scale.
- Two floods rated severe are also among the most recent records, so check what they left behind before crossing the areas concerned.
To watch as a rule
- Armed conflict is the defining risk and it has no season: 6 of its 7 records over the last 12 months were severe.
- Fires in the hot months, 8 records over the last 12 months, 1 of them severe.
- Floods when the rains come, 5 records, 2 of them severe.
- The level of the official notice, which rarely moves but tells you more than any single event when it does.
Good reflexes
- Read the UK notice in full before anything else, since that level is what shapes insurance and consular cover.
- Check what the four open alerts cover before planning any movement between towns.
- Keep passport, cash and a charged power bank within reach.
- Tell one person outside the country your plan for the day and message them when it changes.
- Keep offline maps and a written contact list, because connectivity is not something to count on.
Syria: travel advisories and areas to avoid
What the 19 tracked governments officially advise for this country — converging or not. The everyday reference.
Zones cited by government advisories
Advised against (all travel)
- Idlib
- Hasaka (Al Haksa)
- As Suwayda'
- Quneitra
Flags show which of the tracked governments cite each zone. Red takes precedence over orange.
- Advised against by 4+ states
- Advised against by 1 state
- Advised against unless essential
Syria: quality of life and safety in figures
Everyday living conditions, on the few indicators published for every country in the world. Background for a stay — not what is happening today.
Watch out vs the world median
- Air quality (PM2.5): 32.1 µg/m³ (median 17.3)
- Physicians: 1.5 per 1,000 people (median 1.7)
- Hospital beds: 1.4 per 1,000 people (median 2.4)
- New displacements, conflict: 6.8 per 1,000 people (median 0.48)
- New displacements, disasters: 27.4 per 1,000 people (median 0.73)
Above the world median (17.3) · lower is better
WHO guideline: 5 µg/m³
Close to the world median (15.2) · lower is better
Below the world median (1.7) · higher is better
Below the world median (2.4) · higher is better
Close to the world median (74.7) · higher is better
Above the world median (0.48) · lower is better
174,000 people in total
Above the world median (0.73) · lower is better
702,000 people in total
9,885 people in total
4,144 asylum seekers
Security and violence
Structural risk (INFORM) · 2026
7.6/10 — very high
Composite index by the JRC (European Commission): hazards & exposure, vulnerability, coping capacity. Structural background — not today's alerts.
Source: UCDP (Uppsala University), CC BY 4.0 — academic records published 1–3 months later, through 2026-06. Not a live indicator.
Homicides are the only crime figure that exists worldwide under an open licence. It says nothing about theft or scams — no reliable worldwide data exists for those; official state advisories are the honest day-to-day reference.
National figures, published once a year and often a few years behind: an order of magnitude for daily life, never the situation right now. Sources: World Bank (CC BY 4.0) · UNHCR
Syria: natural disasters and risks in figures
Last 30 days · 44 events
Eventsof which severe- Armed attack42
- Civil unrest2
Last 12 months · 68 events
Eventsof which severe- Armed attack442 2 severe
- Armed conflict86 6 severe
- Wildfire81 1 severe
- Flood5
- Civil unrest3
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What travellers lived
What people who stayed there report. A feeling is not a risk level: these figures complement official data, they don't replace it.
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Situation reports
Latest situation reports published by humanitarian organisations for this country — via ReliefWeb (UN OCHA, CC BY).
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