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  2. Sinai Liberation Day - Wikipedia

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    Sinai Liberation Day is a public holiday in Egypt which celebrates the liberation of the land of Sinai from Israeli occupation back to Egyptian sovereignty. [1] It is the anniversary of the liberation of the peninsula of Sinai corresponding to April 25 of each year, celebrating the day in 1982 when Egypt recovered the land of Sinai and the withdrawal of the last Israeli soldier from the city ...

  3. Public holidays in Egypt - Wikipedia

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    Sinai Liberation Day: عيد تحرير سيناء Celebrates the final withdrawal of all Israeli military forces from the Sinai Peninsula in 1982. May 1 Labour Day: عيد العمال June 30 30 June Day [3] عيد ثورة 30 يونيو Observes the June 2013 Egyptian protests, which saw President Mohamed Morsi deposed by the military a few ...

  4. Israeli occupation of the Sinai Peninsula - Wikipedia

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    The Sinai Peninsula, which is a part of Egypt, has been militarily occupied by Israel twice since the beginning of the Arab–Israeli conflict: the first occupation lasted from October 1956 to March 1957, and the second occupation lasted from June 1967 to April 1982.

  5. Closure of the Suez Canal (1967–1975) - Wikipedia

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    The Israel capture of the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula, 7–8 June 1967, during the Six-Day War Israeli fortifications on the Suez Canal (1973) known as the Bar Lev Line. On 6 June 1967, after the start of the Six-Day War, Egypt closed the Suez Canal, which it owned and operated, and kept it closed until 5 June 1975, through most of the Israeli occupation of the Sinai Peninsula including the east ...

  6. Sinai Peninsula - Wikipedia

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    The Sinai Peninsula, or simply Sinai (/ ˈ s aɪ n aɪ / SY-ny; Arabic: سِينَاء; Egyptian Arabic: سينا; Coptic: Ⲥⲓⲛⲁ), is a peninsula in Egypt, and the only part of the country located in Asia. It is between the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Red Sea to the south, and is a land bridge between Asia and Africa.

  7. Yom Kippur War - Wikipedia

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    The war started on 6 October 1973, when the Arab coalition launched a surprise attack on Israel during the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur, which coincided with the 10th day of Ramadan. [63] The United States and Soviet Union engaged in massive resupply efforts for their allies (Israel and the Arab states, respectively), [ 64 ] [ 65 ] [ 66 ...

  8. Kosovo marks the 25th anniversary of its liberation, when ...

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    Kosovo on Wednesday celebrated what it considers a liberation day, marking the 25th anniversary of the withdrawal of Serb forces. During the 1998-1999 war with ethnic Albanian Kosovo Liberation ...

  9. Sinai and Palestine campaign - Wikipedia

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    The Sinai and Palestine campaign was part of the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I, taking place between January 1915 and October 1918. The British Empire , the French Third Republic , and the Kingdom of Italy fought alongside the Arab Revolt in opposition to the Ottoman Empire , the German Empire , and the Austro-Hungarian Empire .