Public holidays in Syria
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 | |
March 21 | Mother's Day | عيد الأم ‘Īd al-’Umm | |
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 | |
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 | |
Dates following the lunar Islamic calendar | |||
Dhu al-Hijjah 10 | Eid al-Adha | عيد الأضحى ‘Īd al-’Aḍḥà | |
Shawwal 1 | Eid al-Fitr | عيد الفطر ‘Īd al-Fiṭr | |
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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