October Liberation Day (Syria, historical public holiday)
Holiday records show October Liberation Day as a Syrian public holiday on 6 October through 2024. Syria’s 2025 Presidential Decree No. 188 sets the current official holiday list, adds Liberation Day on 8 December and Syrian Revolution Day on 18 March, and does not include the former 6 October holiday.
Date and recurrence
6 October (historical; not a current official holiday)
This is retained as historical or legacy evidence. The site does not assume that the observance still recurs today.
Scope and status
The verified scope stored for this record is Syria / former public-holiday commemoration associated with the October 1973 war. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.
Also known as
October Liberatory War, October Liberation Day
Topic and context
What this page does not assume
- Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
- Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
- Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
- Refresh the target year before publishing a new date when the record is not safely portable.
- Historical Context Only.
- Remembrance Civic Context Care.
Sources
- Syrian Arab News Agency — Presidential Decree No. 188 official-holiday listCurrent National Government Decree
- Timeanddate — October Liberation Day historical Syrian observances through 2024Historical Holiday Corroboration
Frequently asked questions
When is October Liberation Day (Syria, historical public holiday)?
6 October (historical; not a current official holiday) The stored recurrence guidance is: Historical date: 6 October. Do not project this former Syrian public holiday into current/future calendars without new official evidence..
Does October Liberation Day (Syria, historical public holiday) fall on the same date every year?
The record is historical/legacy and is not treated as a currently recurring annual date.
Is October Liberation Day (Syria, historical public holiday) an official public holiday?
The authority record verifies it within this scope: Syria / former public-holiday commemoration associated with the October 1973 war. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.
Who established or recognizes October Liberation Day (Syria, historical public holiday)?
The stored designation basis is: Holiday records show October Liberation Day as a Syrian public holiday on 6 October through 2024. Syria’s 2025 Presidential Decree No. 188 sets the current official holiday list, adds Liberation Day on 8 December and Syrian Revolution Day on 18 March, and does not include the former 6 October holiday.. Supporting provenance includes Syrian Arab News Agency — Presidential Decree No. 188 official-holiday list. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.
Is October Liberation Day (Syria, historical public holiday) international or country-specific?
No single country is assigned to this record in the authority dataset. The source-defined scope is: Syria / former public-holiday commemoration associated with the October 1973 war. Use that scope rather than assuming worldwide or country-specific status.
How is this page verified?
The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-11.