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launched the operation in the middle of the night, with explosions ringing out in the capital Caracas and helicopters crisscrossing the sky.

A couple hours later, President Trump took to Truth Social and wrote, quote,

who has been, along with his wife, captured and flown out of the country.

The president did not provide additional details.

It was not immediately clear who would now be running Venezuela.

The U.S.

action follows months of a military buildup in the region and repeated threats by Trump against Maduro.

This could be a major blow to Venezuela.

The country is so dependent on oil exports.

One of these fully loaded tankers can carry about $100 million worth of oil.

And if the U.S.

does seize more ships, this could have additional consequences.

It may just scare away non-sanctioned tankers because they may just decide it's not worth the risk.

The Pentagon said a lone gunman with the Islamic State, or ISIS, carried out the shooting ambush near the ancient desert city of Palmyra.

The gunman killed the two soldiers, as well as a U.S.

civilian interpreter, and also wounded three U.S.

troops.

The Americans were on a joint mission with Syrian forces and the Syrians killed the ISIS gunmen, the Pentagon said.

U.S.

forces were sent to Syria a decade ago to combat ISIS.