فاس نيوز ميديا جريدة الكترونية جهوية تعنى بشؤون و أخبار جهة فاس مكناس – متجددة على مدار الساعة
U.S. media outlets reported early Saturday that the U.S. military was behind a series of strikes targeting Caracas, Venezuela’s capital, marking a notable security development in the country.
CBS News and Fox News quoted U.S. officials—who requested anonymity—confirming American involvement in the strikes. However, no official statement was issued by the White House or the Pentagon regarding the explosions or reports of aircraft flying over the Venezuelan capital.
According to observations by a journalist from Agence France-Presse, loud explosions were heard accompanied by sounds resembling missile launches or aircraft flyovers shortly before 2:00 a.m. local time (06:00 GMT). The sounds reportedly continued for more than an hour across various parts of the city.
Earlier, U.S. President Donald Trump had hinted at the possibility of ground strikes against Venezuela, stating that the days of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro were “numbered,” following the deployment of U.S. naval assets in the Caribbean.
Witnesses also reported explosions near Caracas’s airport and seaport, according to a resident of the neighboring state of La Guaira who spoke to the same agency on condition of anonymity. Other residents said they heard blasts in the Higuerote area, approximately 100 kilometers east of the capital.
In several neighborhoods of Caracas, residents rushed to windows and rooftops trying to understand what was happening, while power outages were reported in some areas, according to consistent accounts.
Witnesses described windows shaking due to explosions whose precise locations were initially unclear, with speculation pointing to the south and east of the capital, possibly near Fuerte Tiuna, a large military complex within the city.
Earlier this week, the U.S. president announced that his country had destroyed a docking area allegedly used by boats accused of involvement in drug-trafficking activities in Venezuela—an action described as the first U.S. ground strike on Venezuelan territory.
In response, President Maduro said in an interview broadcast Thursday that the “national defense system has ensured and continues to ensure the safety of the national territory and the country’s security,” accusing the United States of seeking to overthrow him to gain control of Venezuela’s oil reserves—the largest in the world—an accusation Washington denies.
Source: Fes News Media
