Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun declared on Tuesday that he had long warned against the spread of the repercussions of the Syrian crisis to Lebanon, warning against holding negotiations with terrorists fighting the army in the northeastern town of Arsal.

He said after the Change and Reform bloc's weekly meeting: “I warn against carrying out negotiations with terrorists as we should negotiate with Damascus, not the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.”

A Syrian national has been kidnapped for ransom while he was on his way from the Rafik Hariri International Airport to the Bekaa, the state-run National News Agency reported on Tuesday.

"Syrian national Mahmoud Mohammed Sayyah Moudawar reported to the Bayader al-Adas police station in Western Bekaa the abduction of his uncle Abdul Moneim Mahmoud Moudawar,” the NNA detailed.

The Russian Foreign Ministry stated on Tuesday that Syria, Iraq and Lebanon are facing a “common danger” manifested in “international terrorism that does not acknowledge borders between countries and seeks to seize more lands.”

"It is necessary to denounce double standards and to abstain from taking steps that do not lead to containing the situation but on the contrary, could encourage terrorism and extremists' threats in the turbulent Middle East,” Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a released statement.

France said Tuesday it would move quickly to answer a call from Lebanon for faster arms deliveries as it battles Islamist militants on the Syrian border.

"France is fully committed to supporting the Lebanese army, a pillar of stability and unity in Lebanon," deputy foreign ministry spokesman Vincent Floreani said.

U.S. Ambassador David Hale said Tuesday that Lebanon should be “insulated” from the region's conflicts and reiterated Washington's commitment to build the capabilities of the Lebanese army and police.

Hale said he reiterated to Prime Minister Tammam Salam U.S. support for the Lebanese army and all Lebanese security services in “their work to secure” Lebanon’s borders, protect it from terrorism and “insulate” the country from regional conflicts through its dissociation policy.

Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea warned on Tuesday that the clashes between the army and terrorists in the northeastern border town of Arsal could spread to other areas in Lebanon.

In a speech at the emigrants annual meeting in Maarab, Geagea said: “The security situation in Arsal is very dangerous even if it is isolated.”

Army chief General Jean Qahwaji urged France on Tuesday to speed up the delivery of weapons under a Saudi-financed deal, as his troops battle jihadists on the Syrian border.

"This battle requires equipment, materiel and technology that the army doesn't have," Qahwaji told Agence France Presse.

Al-Mustaqbal Movement leader Saad Hariri reiterated staunch support to the Lebanese army in its battle against terrorism, rejecting attempts to cover up for Hizbullah's engagement in the fight raging in neighboring country Syria.

“Our support to the army against gunmen who infiltrated (the northeastern border town of) Arsal is steadfast that will not undergo political bids,” Hariri said in a statement issued by his press office on Tuesday.

Clashes between the Lebanese army and gunmen left a child dead and several injured on Tuesday as roads in and around the northern city of Tripoli remained blocked, the state-run National News Agency reported.

The fighting renewed on Tuesday morning after a cautious calm following a night of gunbattles between the army and masked men.

Abou al-Hassan al-Filastini, the emir of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), who initiated the attack on the northeastern town of Arsal on Saturday, was killed.

According to As Safir newspaper published on Tuesday, al-Filastini succumbed to wounds he sustained during battles with the Syrian army in the Qalamoun, which borders the Bekaa valley town of Arsal.