Memorial Honors 130 Victims of 2025 Conflicts
An online memorial names more than 130 people killed in armed conflicts worldwide in 2025, including victims from Syria.
Updated on Nov. 9, 2026 in Violence
Memorial 2026, published by Every Casualty Counts, tells the stories of more than 130 people killed in armed conflicts worldwide in 2025. The Syrian Network for Human Rights contributed stories of victims killed in Syria, which were gathered and verified by members of the Casualty Recorders Network.
Why it matters
The memorial seeks to give a name and story to conflict victims who have not been officially acknowledged. It highlights the scale of violent deaths in recent conflicts and the role of documentation networks in recording them.
The memorial names more than 130 victims of 2025 armed conflicts, with stories gathered and verified by members of the Casualty Recorders Network, which includes more than 70 organizations. Many victims remain unnamed and unacknowledged, and the full toll is not established by the memorial.
The players
Syrian Network for Human Rights
The Syrian Network for Human Rights is an independent organization that documents human rights violations in Syria and contributed victim stories to the memorial.
Every Casualty Counts
Every Casualty Counts is an organization that documents civilian and combatant deaths in armed conflicts and published Memorial 2026.
The details
Memorial 2026 is an online memorial compiled by Every Casualty Counts that tells the stories of more than 130 people killed in armed conflicts worldwide in 2025. The Syrian Network for Human Rights contributed stories of victims killed in Syria, which were verified through the Casualty Recorders Network.
Timeline
2025: More than 245,000 people were killed in armed conflicts worldwide that year.
November 8, 2026: The Syrian Network for Human Rights contributed victim stories to Memorial 2026.
Seasonal Patterns
The memorial's count of 245,000 conflict deaths in 2025 places it as the third-deadliest year since the Uppsala Conflict Data Program began recording armed conflict in 1989. Its total of 1.1 million deaths over five years reflects a sustained high level of violence rather than a single spike.
Readers following armed conflicts can use the memorial to see how individual victims are documented beyond aggregate casualty totals. The stories show how verified records can give names to people who might otherwise remain unacknowledged.
The takeaway
Behind the large casualty totals of modern conflicts are individual people, and documentation efforts like this memorial help keep those names on record. Supporting verified reporting is one way to ensure victims are not forgotten.
Further reading
Explore more on Violence to see how conflict deaths are tracked and recorded around the world.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Snhr.
