Lebanese Armed Forces Chief, General Jean Kahwagi headed to Tripoli and Akkar to inspect the army checkpoints and units deployed in the region, the state-run National News Agency reported on Thursday.
On Wednesday, the army established checkpoints on all entrances leading to hotspots in North Lebanon.
Clashes erupted in Tripoli between the army and militants on Friday (October 24), leaving scores of soldiers, civilians, and gunmen dead.
On Monday (October 27), the military operation that was launched by the Lebanese army in the northern city of Tripoli ended following the withdrawal of gunmen; however, LAF units remained deployed in Tripoli's Bab al-Tabbaneh.
The Syrian war has triggered Lebanon's worst instability since its own 1975-90 civil war. There have been several rounds of fighting in Tripoli since the Syria war erupted in 2011.
Political conflict has left Lebanon without a president since May when President Michel Sleiman's term expired.
Fighting in Syria has divided its smaller neighbor along sectarian lines, with Sunnis supporting Syrian rebels and Shiites backing President Bashar Assad. Hardline Islamist groups have won a degree of support among Lebanese Sunnis.
Politicians across Lebanon's deeply divided political field have condemned the violence in Tripoli, Lebanon's second largest city and a historic base for Sunni Islamist groups.