US military says two service members taking part in Morocco drills missing

AFRICOM says hunt and rescue operations nether mode successful southwestern Morocco during African Lion exercise.

The United States subject says 2 work members participating successful a multinational subject workout successful Morocco are missing.

In a connection connected Sunday, its African Command (AFRICOM) said the brace went missing connected Saturday adjacent to the Cap Draa Training Area adjacent the metropolis of Tan Tan successful the country’s southwest.

“The incidental remains nether probe and the hunt is on-going,” it added successful a statement.

AFRICOM said the US, Morocco and different countries taking portion successful the yearly African Lion workout person launched hunt and rescue operations involving ground, aerial and maritime assets.

African Lion is the largest yearly associated subject workout that the US takes portion successful connected the continent.

It is hosted by Morocco, Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia, and its stated purpose is to fortify “interoperability among participants and physique readiness to respond to crises and contingencies successful Africa and astir the world”.