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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Syria

The list of Syria bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2010, comes from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use. Qualified professionals can license data for 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

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04 Jan 2010 (Ministry of the Economy-Damascus) The Syrian government has announced the expected dates of 2010 public holidays in Syria. • 24 May 2007 (Nine Months in Syria) The government declared today, Thursday, May 24, 2007, an official public holiday as preparation for this Sunday's Presidential referendum. • 31 Jul 1999 (Bernama News Agency-Johor) The government of Syria has declared a one-off public holiday for Wednesday, August 11, 1999, on account of that day's solar eclipse. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Syria public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

The weekend is Friday and Saturday . • Both Easters are considered to be national public holidays for all workers and not just for Christians. • Syria International Codes SY and SYR (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .sy (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Syria information and news: ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Syria maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Syria), and Wikipedia (includes Syria commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Religion of Specific Business Contacts : Some of the business contacts that you may be trying to meet in Syria, may belong to a religious group that is not common in Syria, and therefore which is not included in the above list of public holidays or bank holidays. To be safe, you should also verify that no major religious holidays coincides with any planned business trip to Syria. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

Religious Holidays : Public holidays in Syria that are based on certain religious calendars may be subject to local variations due to differing interpretations between different religious authorities, or to seemingly arbitrary changes in the date a holiday is celebrated because it conflicts with another holiday that is based on another calendar, or because the day of the holiday is deemed inauspicious (bad luck). To find out more about these uncertainties, see the footnote below, if any, for each specific religion.

Muslim Holidays : Muslim bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Syria were evaluated using the Umm al-Qura Calendar of Saudi Arabia which is used in Saudi Arabia and in most of the Persian Gulf States. Holidays may occur a day later in countries outside the Gulf region. The sunrises, sunsets, moon phases, moonrises and moonsets used in these calculations are based on the location of Mecca (latitude 21.42°N, longitude, 39.82°E, GMT+3 hours, no summer time rules). For more details on Muslim holidays, see Muslim Calendar Holidays. For Salat (prayer times) calculations, see our Freeware page.

Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2010 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Syria, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Syria, before planning any trip to Syria. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.