An al-Qaida breakaway group's seizure of territory in Iraq and Syria has sent tremors across the Middle East, jolting neighboring countries into action over fears that the Islamic militants may set their sights on them next.

In Jordan, the army dispatched reinforcements to its border with Iraq last week to boost security, while in Lebanon heavily armed police busted a suspected sleeper cell allegedly linked to the group, known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, in raids on two hotels in central Beirut.

Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq has lauded the cooperation between the army and the Internal Security Forces in confronting terrorist groups operating in the country.

Al-Mashnouq expressed relief that the coordination between the army and the ISF Intelligence Branch “confused terrorist groups and made their movement more difficult.”

A Kuwaiti delegation will arrive in Beirut at the weekend shortly after Prime Minister Tammam Salam's one-day visit to the Gulf country.

According to Al-Liwaa newspaper published on Monday, the delegation will head to Beirut to follow up the agreements held between Salam and the Kuwaiti officials.

The Lebanese army obtained satellite information from major countries that several Middle Eastern states that have embassies in Europe are recruiting fighters to engage in terrorist acts, An Nahar newspaper reported on Monday.

The daily said that the mentioned embassies are mostly recruiting north African nationals to train them to carry out security operations in the region.

Speaker Nabih Berri has called for the recruitment of thousands of soldiers and security personnel to confront terrorists and help the army and security agencies thwart future attacks.

Several local dailies published on Monday quoted Berri as saying that the authorities “should invest in security.”

The Bekaa region on Sunday witnessed a number of separate security incidents.

In the border town of Arsal, a man abducted on May 27 at the hands of an armed group was released in the outskirts of the town, state-run National News Agency reported.

A dispute between two families erupted into an armed clash on Sunday in the northern area of al-Beddawi, forcing the closure of the Tripoli-Akkar road.

“A dispute between young men from the Mehrez and Ghimrawi families escalated into a heavy exchange of gunfire in al-Beddawi, damaging properties and forcing the closure of the main road that links Tripoli to Minieh, Akkar and the Syrian border,” state-run National News Agency reported.

Five people were arrested on Sunday in the Bekaa region on suspicion of plotting an act of terror.

“Army intelligence agents apprehended a group of five people who were plotting a terrorist act,” state-run National News Agency reported.

Prime Minister Tammam Salam on Sunday described the security situation in Lebanon as stable and announced that the dispute over the methodology of cabinet's work during presidential void has been resolved.

“The security situation in Lebanon has never been this stable,” Salam said when asked about the Dahr al-Baydar blast during a press conference in Kuwait, where he arrived earlier in the day for an official visit.

Investigations are ongoing with three of the suspects arrested during a security raid in the Hamra neighborhood in Beirut on Friday, reported the daily al-Mustaqbal on Sunday.

It said that one of the suspects is French national with Arab origins.