Is Dayr Ḩāfir safe? Syria travel risk
Is Dayr Ḩāfir safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Dayr Ḩāfir scores 75/100 on our travel risk index (Extreme). The US State Department rates Syria Level 4 (Do Not Travel, updated 7 Aug 2026); the UK FCDO advises against all travel to the whole country (updated 2 Sep 2026); Canada says: avoid all travel. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Dayr Ḩāfir scores 75/100 (Extreme). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Syria (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Dayr Ḩāfir: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: The US State Department and Government of Canada and UK FCDO advise against all travel here, so the score is held at 75 or higher.
A score of 75 is higher than the scores of 91% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Syria travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Charted at coordinates 36.1569° N, 37.7078° E in Ḩalab, Dayr Ḩāfir maintains a regional distance of 322.0 km SSW to Damascus.
Ḩalab
36.1569° N, 37.7078° E
349 m
Asia/Damascus
35,409
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Syria)
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most earthquake events within 100 km of Dayr Ḩāfir happened in February (4 of 4 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
4 major seismic events recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M7.8 on 6 Feb 2023 (134 km away) — USGS details
- Most recent: M5.6 on 6 Feb 2023 (130 km away) — USGS details
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