Lebanese officials laid wreaths on behalf of the president, the speaker and the premier at the graveyards of independence figures on the eve of celebrations to mark 66 years of independence.
Wreaths were laid on the graves of former Speaker Sabri Hamadeh, independence figures Salim Taqla, Habib Abi Shahla, Adnan al-Hakeem and Mohammed Beq al-Fadl, Former Prime Minister Saeb Salam, ex-presidents Fouad Shehab and Beshara al-Khoury and former Premier Rafik Hariri.
Lebanese Independence Day commemorates the country”s liberation in 1943 after 23 years of governance by French Mandate that succeeded Ottoman rule.