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Syrian HolidaysVarious public & national holidays observed in Syria |
| sitesworld.comDate | 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 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 | ||
| April 17 | Evacuation Day | عيد الجلاء ‘Īd al-Ğalā’ | Celebrates evacuation of last French troops | |
| variable | Gregorian Easter | عيد الفصح غريغوري ‘Īd al-Fiṣḥ rīġūrī | 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 | ||
| May 6 | Martyrs' Day | عيد الشهداء ‘Īd aš-àuhadā’ | 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 | ||||
| Dhul Hijja 10 | Eid al-Adha | عيد الأضحى ‘Īd al-’Aḍḥ` | ||
| Shawwal 1 | Eid al-Fitr | عيد الفطر ‘Īd al-Fiṭr | ||
| Rabi`-ul-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 | sitesworld.com | |