NNA – Caretaker Defense Minister Maurice Slim, representingnbsp;the Lebanese Republic, laid a wreath today atnbsp;the statue of Prince Fakhreddinenbsp;at the entrance to the Ministry of National Defense in Yarzeh on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Lebanon#39;s independence.
After Slim laid the wreath, the army band played the Chorus of the Dead and parts ofnbsp;the national anthem and the martyrsrsquo; anthem.
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