Is Syria safe in 2026?
Syria scores 18.9/100 on the live safety index — extremely dangerous. The main pressure on the score comes from military conflict, economy, sanctions. The 24-hour AI forecast calls the trend stable (projected 19.9/100).
18.9 /100extremely dangerous
30-day trend
Syria's score changed by +0.2 over the last 22 days (18.7 → 18.9) — within normal day-to-day noise. No single event moved the index.
Risk factors
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Conflict & War
31.9/34.1 safety points.
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- Local strikes
- <0.1 pts
The overall score also includes earlier military risk that has not yet been classified.
These values can overlap and are not added together.
Nuclear threats & incidents
Nuclear index: 2.5/100. Does not affect the Safety Index.
Our index tracks nuclear weapons development, tests, radiation incidents and threats to use nuclear weapons. It also includes explicitly threatened countries. This is our own index, not a probability of nuclear war.
Official travel advisory
4 Do Not Travel
The U.S. State Department places Syria at Level 4 — Do Not Travel citing armed conflict, terrorism, kidnapping, hostage taking, unrest and crime. Our live index reads 18.9/100. That advisory was last revised Aug 7, 2026, 70 days ago; the index above is recomputed continuously from current reporting.
Source: U.S. Department of State, revised Aug 7, 2026. Levels run 1 (normal precautions) to 4 (do not travel). This page is not travel advice.
Latest recorded events
- Two Syrian pipelines damaged amid spate of attacks on energy infrastructure
- Israeli military raids village in Syria's Quneitra province
- Israeli army attacks outskirts of village in Syria’s Quneitra province
- Supporters of Druze faction raise Israeli flags in Sweida on 7 October anniversary
- Israeli troops kill man in southern Syria
- Israel shells Syria's Quneitra while Qatar and Jordan condemn its excavation near occupied Golan
24-hour forecast
Trend: stable · projected score 19.9/100 (generated )
No recent events reported; the country remains at its long-term baseline.
Compared with nearby countries
| Country | Score | 0–100 | vs Syria |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | 18.9 | — | |
| Lebanon | 45.5 | +26.6 | |
| Iraq | 67.7 | +48.8 | |
| Palestine | 20.5 | +1.6 | |
| Cyprus | 83.8 | +64.9 | |
| Jordan | 81.0 | +62.1 |