The army on Thursday repelled an infiltration attempt by Syrian gunmen in the outskirts of the Bekaa border town of Arsal, after repulsing two attacks on its posts in the area overnight.
"The army clashed with a number of Syrian gunmen and repelled an infiltration attempt in the Arsal area of al-Masyada," state-run National News Agency reported in the evening.
Earlier on Thursday, the army said it confronted an armed terrorist group that plotted to attack a military post on the Arsal's outskirts.
The military said in a communique that the jihadists sought to attack the post after midnight Wednesday. But soldiers engaged in gunbattles with the terrorists, forcing them to withdraw from the area.