
The United States Africa Command announced that two American soldiers taking part in the "African Lion" exercises went missing near one of the training areas in Morocco on Saturday, noting that extensive search and rescue operations had been launched in coordination with Moroccan forces and other troops participating in the drills.
The command confirmed that the search operations are being carried out jointly by land, air, and sea as part of intensive efforts to determine the fate of the missing soldiers, amid continued field monitoring of developments.