Where Is War

Is there a war in Qatar?

Yes. UCDP lists 1 active armed conflict with fighting recorded in Qatar.

It is at war level (1,000+ deaths in a year). Largest: Israel: Palestine (mainly in Israel), 14,434 deaths in 2025.

Updated 30 October 2026 · UCDP data through 30 September 2026 · View on map →

Deaths recorded in Qatar in 2025

6in state-based fighting
0in fighting between armed groups
0in attacks on civilians (one-sided violence)

UCDP GED Global 26.1: best estimates for events located in Qatar (as UCDP places them), by type of violence. The three are shown separately, as UCDP counts them, and are not added together here.

The conflict

Each conflict as UCDP defines it: a dispute with at least 25 battle-related deaths in a year. Figures are UCDP best estimates; the newest months are preliminary and can change. UCDP does not record who started each clash.

War levelState-based conflict · UCDP start year 1948

Israel: Palestine

14,434deaths in 2025UCDP Battle-Related Deaths Dataset 26.1 (conflict level)
1,155deaths in Jan–Sep 2026preliminary · UCDP Candidate Events Dataset 26.01.26.09
70,125total 1989–2025sum of the UCDP yearly figures below (29 years listed)

Who is fighting: Government of Israel vs Hamas, Palestinian Mujahideen Movement, PIJ, PRC

1989: 541990: 291991: 281992: 331993: 471994: 441995: 341996: 661997: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)1998: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)1999: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2000: 772001: 2442002: 6132003: 3082004: 3862005: 1232006: 4072007: 2762008: 6682009: 6962010: 272011: 782012: 2352013: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2014: 2,3782015: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2016: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2017: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2018: 532019: 502020: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2021: 2692022: 842023: 26,7892024: 21,5952025: 14,4342026: 1,155 (Jan–Sep 2026, preliminary)
1989highest: 26,7892026*

* Jan–Sep 2026, preliminary (hatched). Grey: year not in the dataset (UCDP lists a conflict-year only with at least 25 deaths).

Latest recorded fighting: September 2026

Conflict-wide figures (not only Qatar). Also recorded in: Israel, Lebanon.

Figures by year
YearDeaths (best estimate)
Jan–Sep 2026 preliminary1,155
202514,434
202421,595
202326,789
202284
2021269
201950
201853
20142,378
2012235
201178
201027
2009696
2008668
2007276
2006407
2005123
2004386
2003308
2002613
2001244
200077
199666
199534
199444
199347
199233
199128
199029
198954

UCDP conflict page · CrisisWatch: Israel/Palestine · War WATCH (legal classification) · View on map →

Military personnel

22,000own armed forces (2020)World Bank / IISS · active + paramilitary

Foreign military personnel in Qatar

United States150

assigned · 31 Aug 2026 · DoD DMDC

United Kingdompartly withheld

stationed · 1 Apr 2026 · UK MOD

Army withheld, RAF 10, RN/RM withheld (each rounded to 10)

Other countries may have forces here; only official, reusable figures are shown.

Other countries with active armed conflicts in Middle East

BahrainIranIraqIsraelJordanKuwaitLebanonOmanSaudi ArabiaSri LankaSyriaTurkeyUnited Arab EmiratesYemen

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