The United States will conduct military exercises called "Arcane Thunder 2024" in Morocco and Germany from August 5 to 16. Nearly 300 American soldiers and four partner and allied countries will participate in these maneuvers.
Algeria has conducted military maneuvers with live ammunition in the wilaya of Batna in the northeast of the country, five days after Morocco announced the creation of two military industrial zones .
Moroccan rescue units on board the "Morocco Star" ship participated on Thursday in the "SAREX Détroit 2024" exercise, conducted off the port of Tangier Med. A demonstration of Morocco’s civil and military capacity to ensure the safety and security of navigation in the Strait of Gibraltar as part of Operation Marhaba 2024 .
The Ramix 32/GT, an anti-aircraft artillery unit belonging to the Melilla General Command, is carrying out deterrence and surveillance missions on the border with Morocco.
The 2024 edition of African Lion, the military maneuvers jointly organized by Morocco and the United States, will take place from May 20 to 31 in several cities of the kingdom.
The Spanish Navy’s maritime action ship "Meteoro" has been carrying out a surveillance and deterrence mission in the Alboran Sea and the cities of Ceuta and Melilla since late April.
Morocco and the United States are finalizing the preparations for the 2024 edition of African Lion, the military exercises they co-organize each year in the kingdom. As in the previous year, the Spanish army will not participate in this twentieth edition scheduled for late May.
Morocco and the United States started in September the preparations for the 2024 edition of African Lion, the annual military exercises co-organized by the two countries.
The Spanish Navy frigate "Méndez Núñez" and the Moroccan Royal Navy frigate "Tarik Ben Ziyad" are participating together in the NATO Passex-type exercise.
The U.S. Embassy in Morocco announced on August 26 the arrival at the port of Agadir of the USS "Paul Ignatius" (DDG 117) ship to participate, alongside the Moroccan frigate "Sultan Moulay Ismail," in the naval exercise Atlas Handshak (23-1).
US Democratic Senator Mark Kelly has tabled a proposal to have the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces participate in exercises of the US military command in the Middle East (CENTCOM). The proposal would already be taken into account in next year’s US Defense bill.
The United States has donated 500 military vehicles, worth more than $10 million, to Morocco. The operation took place at the end of African Lion, the military maneuvers co-organized by the two countries, which ended on June 16 in Agadir.