On Monday, the United States and Morocco launched military maneuvers under the code name: "African Lion 2022", which are the largest of its kind on the African continent. This new meeting, led by Morocco, comes amid tensions with neighboring Algeria.

More than 7,000 troops from ten countries, including Brazil, Chad, France and Britain, are taking part in the event, in the presence of military observers from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and 15 "partner countries", including Israel, participating for the first time.