Syria Tension Score
indexed · 49 days on fileLive 0–100 tension reading for Syria, built by our own engine from 19,188 world headlines in the last 30 days. Refreshed every 10 minutes; a fresh headline count twice a day.
Where Syria stands
#10 of 197 countries today, #6 of 16 in Middle East (region score 78). Tension is easing this week.
Same 0–100 scale and zones as the World Tension Index.
Syria news pulse
60 headlines in 30 days · newest firstEvery story the engine read that names Syria, its capital or its leaders. Links go to the original outlet; the badge is the engine’s own 0–100 tension weight. This list is what moves the number above.
What is driving Syria’s tension score
last 30 days- 95 headlines in 30 days — 0.5% of everything the engine read, in line with the previous 30 days (70).
- 59% of those were violent (attacks, strikes, casualties) and 51% scored as high-tension stories.
- Conflicts on the roster: Syrian Conflict (escalating), Kurdish Nationalist Conflicts (escalating).
- Region: Middle East reads 78 today; it carries 15% of this score.
Read it like this. Attention (how much the world is talking about Syria) is the biggest input at 30%. Violence and high-tension share tell you what kind of talk it is. A country can be loud and calm — an election, a summit — or quiet and dangerous. The mix is the point.
Syria tension month by month
average score, headline counts| Month | Avg score | Zone | Headlines | Violent | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | 49.4 | Stable | 16 | 9 | 5 |
| October 2026 | 42.8 | Stable | 96 | 51 | 31 |
| September 2026 | 32.2 | Calm | 53 | 21 | 13 |
Record for Syria began on 18 September 2026. Nothing is revised after the fact.
How the Syria score is built
Five inputs, fixed weights. Attention 30% (share of world coverage), violence 25% and high-tension share 15% (what kind of coverage), roster conflicts 15%, and the Middle East region score 15%. A momentum nudge (+6 / −4) rewards a country whose coverage is accelerating or fading.
Same physics as the world score. The number rises 85% of the way to its new level at once and falls no faster than 3 points a day — fear arrives fast and leaves slowly.
No third-party index inside. Every count comes from the 41 public news feeds our engine reads itself; the full method is on the methodology page. Data is free under CC BY 4.0 via the API.
Questions people ask about Syria
Is Syria in a war right now?
Yes, by our roster: Syrian Conflict, Kurdish Nationalist Conflicts. Status is updated on every full cycle.
Is tension in Syria rising or falling?
Easing: down 7 points in 7 days.
How does Syria compare with the rest of Middle East?
Below its region: Syria reads 48 against 78 for Middle East, ranking #6 of 16 there.
Keep exploring
Same region
Yemen 69 · Iran 67 · Israel 67 · Palestine 55 · Saudi Arabia 55 · Kuwait 47
The bigger picture
All countries on the map · Middle East · World Tension Index · active conflicts · escalation watchlist
Syria and world tension: the long view
evergreen · World Tension Meter teamA war that reshaped the region. Syria’s civil war drew in Russia, Iran, Turkey, the United States and Israel. Whatever government sits in Damascus, the borders with Israel, Lebanon, Iraq and Turkey remain live fault lines.
Reconstruction is the next story. Sanctions relief, refugees returning and who pays to rebuild decide whether the score falls for good. The engine reads those as calming signals when they are real.
What our engine watches in Syria
- Israeli strikes and border clashes
- Sanctions relief and reconstruction money
- Kurdish, Turkish and militia fighting in the north and east
Indexes to follow: Sanctions Pressure · Energy Security.