The world's tallest building was emblazoned with the colors of the Lebanese flag in homage to the holiday.

In its turn, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) headquarters’ front also lit up in striped red-white-red with a central green cedar tree.

Independence Day is marked each year on November 22, the milestone date when the country declared itself free from the French Mandate over Lebanon back in 1943, after 23 years of Mandate rule.