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Evacuation Day (Syria)

Evacuation Day (Syria)

Public holiday in Syria
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🗓️ 17 April 2026

Independence Day is Syria's National Day commemorating the evacuation of the last French soldier at the end of the French mandate of Syria on 17 April 1946 after Syria's proclamation of full independence on 27 September 1941.

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