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They broke into and vandalised Congress, the Supreme Court and the Presidential Palace.

Here in the capital, Venezuelans are accustomed to the enhanced martial ritual: more blockaded avenues, more troops on the streets, more barricades shielding the presidential palace of Miraflores, where Maduro launches diatribes against the “imperialist” would-be invaders.

The Israeli operation targeted a military complex housing the presidential palace, a fuel depot and power stations.

Israel, which since Assad’s exit occupies wide swaths of its northern neighbor’s border areas and has demanded south Syria be a demilitarized zone, responded to demands from its own Druze to protect their coreligionists and launched airstrikes targeting the Damascus headquarters of the Syrian army and the presidential palace.

Israel entered the fray with an airstrike campaign targeting Syria’s security forces and tanks, as well as the army headquarters and the presidential palace in Damascus, the capital.