South Zone General Staff Hosts Master Planning Meeting for Combined Moroccan-American Exercise ‘African Lion 2022’ under HM King Mohammed VI’s leadership

According to His Majesty the King, Supreme Commander and Chief of General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR), the South Zone General Staff will host the main planning meeting of the “African Lion 2022” exercise from January 24 to 28, 2022, with representatives from several countries, including the Kingdom of Morocco and the United States.

According to a statement from the FAR General Staff, the goal of this meeting is to decide the modalities of execution of the various activities of the “African Lion 2022” exercise, which will include, in addition to training on the components of several operational areas, training on operations against terror groups, land, airborne, air, sea, and CBRN (Nuclear, Radiological, Biological, and Chemical) decontamination exercises.

The “African Lion 2022” exercise, which will take place in the regions of Agadir, Tan Tan, Mehbes, Taroudant, Kenitra, and Ben Guerir from June 20 to July 1, 2022, aims to develop technical and procedural interoperability between FAR and participating countries’ forces, as well as training on the planning and conduct of joint operations in a multinational setting, according to the statement.