"United States President Donald Trump announced on Saturday morning that his country's forces had bombed Venezuela and captured the South American nation's president, Nicolas Maduro, and First Lady Cilia Flores in a dramatic overnight military attack that followed months of rising tensions. Venezuela's government said that the US had struck three states apart from the capital, Caracas, while neighbouring Colombia's President Gustavo Petro released a longer list of places that he said had been hit. The operation has few, if any, parallels in modern history."
"At least seven explosions were reported from Caracas, a city of more than three million people, at about 2am local time (06:00 GMT), as residents said they heard low-flying aircraft. Lucia Newman, Al Jazeera's Latin America editor, reported that at least one of the explosions appeared to come from near Fort Tiuna, the main military base in the Venezuelan capital. Earlier, the US Federal Aviation Administration had issued instructions to American commercial airlines to stay clear of Venezuelan airspace."
US forces conducted overnight military strikes in Venezuela and reportedly captured President Nicolas Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores after months of rising tensions. Venezuelan authorities said strikes hit Caracas and the neighbouring states of Miranda, Aragua and La Guaira; Colombia's president listed additional locations as hit. At least seven explosions occurred in Caracas around 2am local time and residents reported low-flying aircraft, with one blast near Fort Tiuna, the capital's main military base. The FAA warned US carriers to avoid Venezuelan airspace. Maduro declared a state of emergency and named the United States as responsible; the US embassy in Bogota urged Americans to stay out of Venezuela.
Read at www.aljazeera.com
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