This week

Where is the Iran war busiest this week?

In the week of Monday 5 to Sunday 11 Oct 2026, Israel carried the most events: 459. Yemen followed with 225 and Saudi Arabia with 201.

Window: Monday 5 to Sunday 11 Oct 2026. Data as of 26 October 2026. Updated: refreshed by each Monday edition.

Some events carry neither a place nor a named actor. They count in the war's total and in no theatre. In March 2026 they were 3,730 of 25,112 events, about one in seven.

Questions

Which theatres does Conflict Gauge track?

Thirteen: Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, the Gulf and Hormuz, the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab.

How this figure is made

Events per theatre per week, by place or by party. There is one theatre for each of eleven countries and two for the waters. Theatres overlap by design: an Israeli strike on Iran counts in Israel and in Iran. Methodology.

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