Thursday 25 January Paid Holiday for 2011 Revolution Anniversary, Police Dayformer US officer: Presence of American forces in Syria is violation of international law

Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli announced next Thursday 19/1/2024 a paid holiday for public and private sector employees to mark the anniversary of the 25th January 2011 Revolution and Police Day. The decision applies to employees in ministries, government bodies, public authorities, local administration units, and companies of the public sector, public enterprise sector, and private sector, the Cabinet said in a statement. The 25th of January marks a historic clash between Egyptian police forces and the British Occupation forces in 1952, which was called the 'Ismailia Battle.' It took place when the Egyptian police officers refused to hand over their weapons and evacuate the Ismailia governorate's building. The incident left 50 individuals killed and 80 injured among Egyptian police officers. The incident was the spark of the revolution that ended the monarchy in Egypt on July 23 of the same year. Meanwhile, the January revolution in 2011 marked the ousting of former President Hosni Mubarak after thre e decades in power and the holding of democratic multi-candidate elections in the following year. Source: State Information Service Egypt A Military expert and former US Marine Corps intelligence officer, Scott Ritter, underlined that the presence of US forces in Syria is an illegal occupation. old SANA's correspondent in Moscow: 'The US forces in Syria seek to achieve aims that have not been clearly defined by the American Congress,' adding that the presence of Russian forces in Syria is legal and agree with international law because it came at the request of the Syrian government, while the request was not made similar to the US.'. He stressed that ' the blundering of the natural resources of the occupied territory is considered a war crime,' . Source: Syrian Arab News Agency