Algerian army holds drills near border as Morocco hosts African Lion military exercises

While Morocco hosts the «African Lion» military exercises, jointly organized by the Royal Armed Forces and their American counterparts, the Chief of Staff of the Algerian Army, Lieutenant General Saïd Chengriha, oversaw live-fire drills in the third military region, near the Moroccan border.

According to Algerian media, the exercise—dubbed «Fortress 2025»—involved units from the operational sector south of Tindouf, supported by various formations and military branches, as part of the 2024–2025 combat readiness program.

Last year, Chengriha also supervised live-fire exercises in the same region, three weeks before the «African Lion» maneuvers, which ran from May 20 to 31.

In 2023, he oversaw similar drills in the third military region, this time two weeks before the start of the joint Moroccan-American exercises.