Clashes erupted on Sunday in al-Sharawneh neighborhood in the Bekaa city of Baalbek as the army sought to arrest a wanted suspect, reported the National News Agency.

It said that the clashes ensued as the army cordoned off overnight the Sun Palace restaurant where a dangerous suspect was staying.

Internal Security Forces in the Bekaa region of Baalbek released overnight two Omani nationals who were kidnapped on Thursday, reported the National News Agency on Sunday.

It said that the security forces released overnight on Sunday the Omanis who were abducted in the city.

President Michel Suleiman contacted on Tuesday French President Francois Hollande to stress Lebanon's commitment to fighting terrorism, most notably in light of Tuesday's blast in the Bekaa region of Baalbek, reported the National News Agency.

Suleiman urged the Lebanese people “to exercise diligence against the repeated attempts to spread violence and terrorism to Lebanon.”

State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr launched an investigation into a shooting at the army in the eastern city of Baalbek, an attack that occurred again on Wednesday.

Saqr tasked security agencies and the army's intelligence with carrying out the initial investigation under his supervision and find Tuesday's shooters.

A retired army officer died on Wednesday when a wall of his dilapidated house collapsed on him, reported the National News Agency.

It said that Elias Toufic Abou Haidar, 44, suffered severe head injuries when a wall of his residence in the town of Hosh Barda in the Bekaa city of Baalbek collapsed.

Hizbullah and Baalbek residents on Sunday held a funeral for the party's members Imad Ballouq and Ali al-Barzawi, who were killed in Saturday's clashes, as the army reinforced its presence in the city.

“Through the blood of our martyrs, we urge all those keen on this country's safety to protect our country from those who are tampering with its security,” said Sheikh Mohammed Yazbek, Hizbullah's top official in the Bekaa, as he led the mourners who turned out en masse for the funeral.

Al-Mustaqbal bloc MP Mohammed Kabbara Saturday called on concerned authorities to “hurry up” and adopt a security plan in the Bekaa city of Baalbek to protect the people against Hizbullah.

“We demand a security plan in Baalbek to protect the people against the terrorist party that conducted an attack to eradicate our people from the Bekaa,” Kabbara said in a released statement, referring to Hizbullah.

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati assured on Saturday that all necessary measures to contain the recent clashes in the Bekaa city of Baalbek were adopted, stressing also that the army has the powers to prevent disorder.

“We will prevent any presence of armed men in the city and we will be strict in prosecuting those involved in the incident,” Miqati said in a released statement after taking part in an emergency security meeting held at the Baabda Palace.

Two people were wounded on Wednesday as a dispute between members of a political party and young men from the al-Solh family erupted into gunfire in Baalbek, state-run National News Agency reported.

It said the wounded were a Lebanese man and a Syrian man, adding that the army intervened and contained the situation.

The army on Wednesday detained a man with 37 arrest warrants after raiding his residence in Baalbeck's al-Sharawina neighborhood.

"Ali Youssef Jaafar was arrested on 37 charges that include shooting activities, robbery, kidnapping operations and drug dealing,” the Army Command's Orientation Directorate said in a communique.