The Lebanese army foiled an infiltration attempt overnight when some gunmen tried to infiltrate the outskirts of Ras Baalbek and Wadi Rafek near of al-Qaa

The Lebanese army foiled an infiltration attempt overnight when some gunmen tried to infiltrate the outskirts of Ras Baalbek and Wadi Rafek near of al-Qaa, the state-run National News Agency reported on Monday.

Lebanese troops engaged in heavy armed clashes with the infiltrators, NNA added.

According to some media reports, al-Nusra Front, ISIL and the Free Syrian Army have been entrenched for the past two months and a half on the mountains overseeing the Lebanese Bekaa on the porous Syrian-Lebanese border.

LAF Intelligence arrests ISF sergeant of smuggling Syrian Terrorists

A Lebanese Army Patrol arrested an ISF sergeant H. Flaiti riding his 4X4 Taho vehicle with Fatima El Ahmad, the sister of Hammoud El Ahmad one of Al Nusra front members who kidnapped the military men.

The culprit was smuggling Fatima El Ahmad to Kaa projects region, as the NNA correspondent reported.

Flaiti is accused of smuggling Syrians and wanted persons in exchange of cash.