Public holidays in Syria
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These are the public holidays of Syria.
| Date | English name | Local name | Remarks | |
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| January 1 | New Year's Day | عيد راس السنة الميلادية ‘Īd Ra’s as-Sanät al-Mīlādīyä |
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| March 8 | March 8 Revolution | ثورة الثامن من اذار Ṯaurät aṯ-Ṯāmin min Āḏār |
Celebrates seizure of power by Baath Party | |
| March 21 | Mother's Day | عيد الأم ‘Īd al-’Umm |
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| April 17 | Evacuation Day | عيد الجلاء ‘Īd al-Ğalā’ |
Celebrates evacuation of last French troops in 1946 | |
| variable | Gregorian Easter | عيد الفصح غريغوري ‘Īd al-Fiṣḥ Ġrīġūrī |
According to the Gregorian calendar | |
| variable | Julian Easter | عيد الفصح اليوليوسي ‘Īd al-Fiṣḥ al-Yūliyūsī |
According to the Julian calendar | |
| May 1 Mays | Labour day | عيد العمال ‘Īd al-‘Ummāl |
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| May 6 | Martyrs' Day | عيد الشهداء ‘Īd aš-Šuhadā’ |
Anniversary of execution of Syrian nationalists in Damascus by the Turks | |
| August 1 | Armed Forces Day | ذكرى تأسيس الجيش العربي السوري | Establishment of the Syrian Armed Forces | |
| October 6 | October Liberatory War | حرب تشرين التحريرية Harb Teshreen Al-Tahririyyah |
Celebrating Yom Kippur War | |
| December 25 | Christmas | عيد الميلاد المجيد ‘Īd al-Mīlād al-Mağīd |
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| Dhu al-Hijjah 10 | Eid al-Adha | عيد الأضحى ‘Īd al-’Aḍḥà |
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| Shawwal 1 | Eid al-Fitr | عيد الفطر ‘Īd al-Fiṭr |
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| Rabi' al-awwal 12 | Mawlid | المولد النبوي al-Maulid an-Nabawī |
Prophet Muhammad's birthday | |
| Muharram 1 | Hijri New Year's Day | عيد راس السنة الهجرية ‘Īd Ra’s as-Sanät al-Hījrīyä |
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