Relative calm prevailed on Saturday across the outskirts of the northeastern border village of Ras Baalbek in the Bekaa after the army fortified its posts in the area.

Sources said in comments published in As Safir newspaper that the “pre-emptive strike by the Lebanese army against the armed groups, which were preparing to attack weak posts in the area, had a harsh impact on them.”

“The militants were confused by the military's attack on its positions (on the outskirts of Ras Baalbek,” sources said basing its statement on the wiretapping that the army and security forces, which are heavily deployed in the area, are carrying out.

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