Morocco’s largest military exercise will be held with the United States and 20 other countries
The Moroccan army announced the beginning of a 12-day exercise in this country from the middle of next week with the participation of 7,000 military forces from nearly 20 countries and the NATO organization. |
reported by Mehr News Agency, the Moroccan armies of the international exercise with the participation of the US and the NATO army and 20 other countries under the name “African Lion 2024” in different regions Morocco and near the Western Sahara.
The joint exercise known as “African Lion 2024”, which is said to be the largest exercise in the Black Continent, will begin in the middle of next week with the participation of the US Army and 20 countries.
Anatolia news agency of Turkey announced on Saturday night that the General Command of the Armed Forces (Army) of Morocco issued a statement and announced that by the order of “Mohammed VI”, the king of this country, The 20th “African Lion” exercise will begin on Monday next week and will continue until the end of the following week.
This statement published in the official news agency of Morocco (MAP) states: In line with the implementation of the directives of King Mohammed VI, Commander-in-Chief and Chief of the Joint Staff of the Royal Armed Forces, the Royal Armed Forces And the American armed forces are jointly organizing the 20th African Lion exercise from May 20 to May 31 (May 31 to June 11, 1403).
Moroccan army in its statement about holding the said exercise in the areas of “Banjarir“, “Agadir” and “Tefnit” in the center and “Tantan” and “Agha” in the south of this country and emphasized: this extensive exercise with the participation of nearly seven thousand people from the armed forces of about 20 countries plus the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and with the Royal Armed Forces and American armed forces will be held.