Tehran has "a very rich portfolio of systems they could offer" to Caracas, said Middle East drone expert, Fabian Hinz.

Senate Republicans have rejected legislation that would have put a check on President Donald Trump’s ability to launch an attack against Venezuela.

Senate Republicans blocked a war powers resolution on Thursday aimed at preventing President Trump from conducting strikes against Venezuela after a bipartisan group of senators warned that a continued campaign against alleged drug smugglers in the region could escalate.

Satellite data further revealed two U.S. Air Force B-52H bombers flying near Venezuela’s coast in a "bomber attack demonstration" tied to the Trump administration’s Caribbean pressure campaign. The USS Gerald. R. Ford nuclear-powered aircraft carrier has also been deployed to the region.

Faced with the prospect of armed conflict with the United States, Venezuela’s government seems to be encouraging citizens to spy on each other by using a revamped mobile application to report suspicious people or activities.

U.S. senators are due to vote on a resolution on Thursday that could keep President Donald Trump from attacking Venezuela without congressional authorization, a day after administration officials told lawmakers that Washington did not yet have a legal justification for strikes on Venezuelan territory.

All but two G.O.P. senators voted against a resolution to stop the president from expanding his military campaign against drug traffickers to include land targets inside Venezuela.

According to publicly available flight-tracker data, both aircraft are operational Boeing B‑52H Stratofortress models.