At least 16 Lebanese soldiers have been killed in three days of clashes with jihadists near the Syrian border and 22 others are missing, according to the Lebanese army.
The 15-member Council "expressed support for the Lebanese Armed Forces and the Internal Security Forces in their fight against terrorism and in preventing attempts to undermine the stability of Lebanon."
Member states "reiterated the need to further efforts to build up the capabilities of the Lebanese security forces to counter terrorism and address other security challenges."
The clashes in eastern Lebanon are the latest evidence of how Syria's conflict, which began with protests against President Bashar al-Assad in March 2011, has afflicted Lebanon.
The United Nations' top body called on Lebanese politicians to "preserve national unity" and "refrain from any involvement in the Syrian crisis."
Lebanon is hosting more than one million Syrian refugees and the Sunni majority are broadly sympathetic to the uprising against Assad's regime.
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