(AP Photo)ADEN, Yemen -- Southern separatists in Yemen said Saudi warplanes carried out new airstrikes Saturday on a military camp in the port city of Mukalla and other areas where their forces are stationed, as Saudi-backed forces moved to retake the city. But coalition member the United Arab Emirates also supports the separatists, who call for South Yemen to secede again from Yemen. The latest Saudi strikes came a day after the separatist movement announced a constitution for an independent nation in the south. He said clearing the camp of STC forces was aimed at preventing them from regrouping and launching a return to Mukalla. Clashes erupted on Friday between National Shield forces and the southern forces in Hadramout and their allies, killing at least eight people, paramedic Ahmed al-Ketheri told the AP.

Latest on US strike on Venezuela, reactions from Venezuelans ABC News’ Matt Rivers reports on the latest details surrounding U.S. strikes on Venezuela and how Venezuelans around the world are responding to the capture of President Nicolás Maduro.

FULL PRESS CONFERENCE: Pres. Trump on Venezuela strike and Maduro capture President Donald Trump provided details on Saturday morning’s "large scale strike" on Venezuela and the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife.

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How Maduro’s capture could reshape Venezuela’s leadership Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East Mick Mulroy discusses U.S. strikes on Venezuela and how they might reshape the country’s future.

Trump says US 'going to run the country' after Maduro capture "We can't take a chance that somebody else takes over Venezuela that doesn't have the good of the Venezuelan people in mind," President Donald Trump said.

Pedestrians run after explosions and low-flying aircraft were heard in Caracas, Venezuela, on Saturday. President Donald Trump said the U.S. planned to run Venezuela until a transition of power can take place, and he claimed the American presence was already in place. Smoke rises from the La Carlota military base after several detonations in Caracas, Venezuela, before sunrise Saturday. Maduro took over when Chávez died in 2013. In a demonstration of how polarizing a figure Maduro is, people variously took to the streets to deplore his capture and celebrate it.

Trump releases photo of Maduro in US custody President Donald Trump has posted an image of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro “on board the USS Iwo Jima," on Truth Social.

tore into President Donald Trump’s declaration that he will “run” Venezuela in the aftermath of a military strike on the country and capture of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife. Advertisement“So we don’t wanna be involved with somebody else getting in and we have the same situation that we had for the last long period of years,” Trump told reporters. Moulton told CNN anchor Erin Burnett, “We got a lot of problems in America today, and invading, occupying, running Venezuela does not solve any of them.”Advertisement“This is illegal. Other Democrats have railed against the Venezuela attack, questioning the legality behind the operation. This is a lot of resources that we’re putting into Venezuela that we’re not putting into the United States right now.”

On November 2, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles told Vanity Fair that land strikes in Venezuela would require the approval of Congress. Just two months later, though, the Trump administration has done what it previously indicated it couldn’t. Shifting justificationsThat’s because the Trump administration has taken remarkably little care to offer a consistent set of justifications or a legal framework for the attack. President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro participates in a civic-military rally in Caracas, Venezuela, on November 25, 2025. Initially, Trump threatened land strikes inside Venezuela to target drug traffickers – this despite Venezuela being an apparently somewhat small player in the drug-trafficking game.

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How the hours-long operation unfolded is based on interviews with four sources familiar with the matter and details Trump himself has revealed. Riders on a motorcycle ride past damages to the port of La Guaira, Venezuela, caused during a US military operation that led to the capture of President Nicolas Maduro, on January 3, 2026. (Bing Guan/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Bloomberg via Getty ImagesAdvertisementMaduro in CustodyOnce the troops were inside the safe house, Caine said, Maduro and his wife surrendered. AdvertisementAlmost exactly seven hours after Trump announced the operation on Truth Social, he made another post. “Nicolas Maduro on board the USS Iwo Jima,” Trump wrote, referring to the amphibious assault ship.

“We can’t take a chance that someone else takes over Venezuela who doesn’t have the interests of Venezuelans in mind.”AdvertisementIt is unclear how Trump plans to oversee Venezuela. Trump did not provide specific answers to repeated questions from reporters about how the U.S. would run Venezuela. The US operation that led to the capture of Maduro sparked alarm across the international community, with allies and foes of Washington and Caracas expressing disquiet. (Photo by Pedro MATTEY / AFP via Getty Images) PEDRO MATTEY via Getty ImagesPOTENTIAL POWER VACUUMThe removal of Maduro, who led Venezuela with a heavy hand for more than 12 years, potentially opens a power vacuum in the Latin American country. The United States has leveled similar charges against Maduro, accusing him of running a “narco-state” and rigging the 2024 election.

Supporters of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro gather in the streets of Caracas on Saturday after U.S. forces captured him. President Trump, alongside Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, speaks to the media Saturday after U.S. military actions in Venezuela. ‘Congress will leak,’ Trump saysThe Trump administration did not seek congressional approval for the attack, prompting lawmakers from both parties on Capitol Hill to express trepidation and concern over the operation. Kim said the Trump administration plan to run Venezuela was “disastrous.”“The American people deserve a government focused on running our own country, not the folly of trying to run another,” Kim wrote on social media. Right-leaning allies of Trump including Argentina’s Javier Milei and Ecuador’s Daniel Noboa backed the U.S. attack, while leftists broadly condemned it.