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🇸🇾 AvoidIs Syria Safe for First-Time Travelers?
Safety Scores / Syria
Travel verdict: Do Not Travel. The scores and risks below say why.
Safety Scores
Key Risks
- Post-civil war instability; multiple armed factions and militias remain active
- Landmines and unexploded ordnance widespread across the country
- Kidnapping, arbitrary detention, and armed robbery remain serious risks
- Infrastructure, healthcare, and civil services severely damaged or destroyed
Travel Verdict: Do Not Travel
Do not travel off established paths; landmines are widespread and unmarked
Healthcare infrastructure is severely damaged; serious conditions require evacuation
Syrian pound; USD and EUR also used; banking system is largely non-functional
Emergency: 110 (police), 113 (ambulance); services are unreliable in most areas
Latest for Syria
Updates for Syria will appear here as they are published. Every update cites official sources, so you can plan on it.