Tripoli (in northern Lebanon) also has an international bus service.
It was believed to have originated in northern Lebanon.
His clan holds sway in a mountainous area of northern Lebanon.
Northern Lebanon is under the control of 25,000 Syrian Army troops.
The main opposition factions have already called for a three-day strike next week on the days voting is scheduled in eastern and northern Lebanon.
Ten miles east is the relative safety of Tyre, the gateway into northern Lebanon.
The renewed shelling prompted hundreds of families to flee the capital to safer areas in southern and northern Lebanon.
Muawad was elected during a Parliament session held at an air base in northern Lebanon.
Akkar was the most underdeveloped area of northern Lebanon, politically dominated by landlords.
In northern Lebanon, gunmen set on fire dozens of tents belonging to Syrian workers.