
Planning commercial schedules or travel in Sabbah, Tartus, Syria? Track upcoming statutory holidays and local bank closures across Sabbah.
Commercial banks, financial institutions, and municipal administrative offices in Sabbah observe statutory public holidays in accordance with national and regional labor frameworks. Fixed statutory national holidays (such as Evacuation Day (Eid al-Jala') on April 17) mandate official non-working status for banks and government offices in Sabbah.
This is Syria's national public holiday calendar — the same live calendar shown on Syria's country-level and Tartus holiday pages — embedded here because public holidays are set nationally and apply the same way in Sabbah as anywhere else in Syria.
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These are Syria's official statutory fixed-date public holidays — the same national list shown on Syria's country and Tartus holiday pages — mandated by national labor law and applicable to financial institutions, schools, and government administration in Sabbah just as everywhere else in Syria.
Statutory holidays landing on a Monday, Friday, Tuesday or Thursday create a long-weekend opportunity — here's what's coming up.
| Holiday | Date | Opportunity |
|---|---|---|
| Liberation Day | Tue, Dec 8, 2026 | Take the Monday before off for a 4-day weekend |
Sabbah's bank branches, municipal offices and public schools close on Syria's statutory holidays just as they do everywhere else in the country — shops and restaurants more often stay open with adjusted hours rather than closing outright.
If a fixed statutory holiday lands on a weekend in Sabbah, the following Monday is commonly declared an official substitute non-working day by government notification.
Sabbah runs on the Asia/Damascus time zone, so statutory holidays here fall on the same local calendar date as the rest of Syria — there's no cross-timezone shift to account for.