Hezbollah praised in a statement the firm stance of the cabinet regarding the incidents in Arsal, stressing that the speech delivered by Prime Minister Tammam Salam is a means to reiterate support to the Lebanese army in its fight against terrorism.
"This stance reflects national consensus over supporting LAF soldiers in their battle against extremist militants and in confronting foreign attempts that aim at threatening civil peace and violating Lebanon’s sovereignty,” the statement read.
Clashes erupted in Arsal on Saturday afternoon when Syrian gunmen deployed across the region after the Lebanese Armed Forces arrested Syrian national Imad Ahmad Jomaa at a checkpoint.
The army said 16 soldiers have been killed, with 22 others missing and 86 injured in the fighting.
Lebanese security officials say the fighters include members of al Qaeda's Syria branch, the Al-Nusra Front, and an al Qaeda splinter group, the Islamic State, which has seized swathes of land in Syria and Iraq.
While Lebanon has officially tried to distance itself from Syria's conflict, Hezbollah has openly sent fighters to aid President Bashar al-Assad, against rebels trying to topple him.
The rebels fighting to overthrow Assad are overwhelmingly Sunni and have received support from regional Sunni powers including Saudi Arabia.