Morocco Hosts "African Lion 2021" Military Exercise with US and Allies in Western Sahara
The General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) has just unveiled the schedule of African Lion 2021. Part of this Moroccan-American combined exercise will take place in the Mahbès area, in the Moroccan Sahara.
On the high instructions of King Mohammed VI, Supreme Commander and Chief of Staff of the FAR, "the Moroccan-American combined exercise ’Africa Lion 2021’ will take place from June 7 to 18, 2021, in the regions of Agadir, Tifnit, Tan Tan, Mahbes, Tafraout, Ben Guerir and Kenitra," the General Staff of the FAR said in a statement.
To read:
"In addition to the USA and the Kingdom of Morocco, the 17th edition of this exercise will see the participation of Great Britain, Brazil, Canada, Tunisia, Senegal, the Netherlands, Italy, as well as the North Atlantic Alliance, in addition to military observers from about thirty countries representing Africa, Europe and America," it is specified.
Spain has been excluded from this military exercise. Tensions between the Iberian Peninsula and Morocco remain strong.
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