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 | Independence Day | عيد الجلاء ‘Īd al-Ğalā’ |
Celebrates evacuation of last French troops |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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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| Dates following the lunar Islamic calendar | |||
| Dhul Hijja 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`-ul-Awwal 12 | Mawlid | المولد النبوي al-Maulid an-Nabawī |
Prophet Muhammad's birthday |
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