A Syrian military airport came under a “hostile missile attack” Thursday evening, Syria's state news agency SANA said.

“One of our military airports in the central region has come under a missile attack and our air defense systems have confronted the attack and prevented it from achieving its goals,” SANA quoted a Syrian military source as saying.

Saad Hariri was officially tasked Thursday with forming a new government after he garnered 111 votes in the binding parliamentary consultations, the Presidency said.

The consultations were held at the Baabda Palace from 10:00 am until 5:00 pm.

General Security Chief, Major General Abbas Ibrahim marked Resistance and Liberation Day on Thursday assuring that the fight against terrorism and the Israeli enemy “will always be a priority,” the NAtional News Agency reported.

The Lebanese Forces party accused Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil of “leading a campaign against the LF,” describing the election of an FPM figure to the permanent secretary post for this Parliament’s term as a “coup,” al-Joumhouria daily reported on Thursday.

“What happened at the secretariat of the Parliament is a coup on the promises that were given to us. It was agreed with Speaker Nabih Berri that (LF) deputy Fadi Saad would replace MP Antoine Zahra in the secretariat,” said the sources.

First-time parliamentarian Paula Yacoubian, a journalist who is close to Prime Minister Saad Hariri but ran as a civil society candidate, made a scene at parliament on Wednesday by voting symbolically for prominent Lebanese filmmaker Nadine Labaki for the parliament speaker post.

Yacouboian objected after Labaki's name was not read out during the counting of votes.

Speaker Nabih Berri has been re-elected for a sixth consecutive term on Wednesday with an overwhelming majority of 98 votes out of the parliament’s 128-seat assembly.

Lebanon’s parliament is set to convene on Wednesday to re-elect longtime Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri for a six time after declarations in favor of his re-election were made by the majority of parliament blocs.

President Michel Aoun said the Cabinet convenes in a final session on Monday before it turns into a caretaker government by midnight, as he asked PM Saad Hariri to prepare a report briefing the Lebanese on the government’s accomplishments.

Aoun’s remarks came during a Cabinet convention which he chaired at Baabda Palace.

President Michel Aoun received on Monday Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi who “congratulated the President on staging successful parliamentary elections,” urging the parliament blocs to facilitate the formation of the new government.

A meeting between Prime Minister Saad Hariri and leader of the Progressive Socialist Party MP Walid Jumblat did not take place on Sunday as anticipated, amid hopes that the meeting will still happen, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Monday.