African Lion-25: Algeria’s participation in military exercise along with Israel exposes Algerian junta hypocrisy

The authoritarian Algerian military regime, which conducts smear campaigns against signatories of Abraham accords, will take part this year in the U.S.-led military exercise “African Lion” along with Israel, Morocco, Tunisia, and other nations.

Algeria’s participation in this annual military exercise exposes the hypocrisy of its rulers who are openly bragging about boycotting internationals events (political, sporting, cultural…) attended by Israel, but behind the scenes yarning for normalization with Tel-Aviv.

The duplicity and deceit of the Algerian rulers have been exposed by the United States Africa Command in an announcement made Wednesday about the African Lion 2025 to start April 14 in Tunisia, with activities in Ghana, Senegal, and Morocco beginning in May.

With more than 10,000 troops from over 40 nations—including seven NATO allies—this year’s edition will be the largest in the exercise’s history.

In its press release, AFRICOM said participating countries include Benin, Brazil, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, France, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Portugal, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Spain, The Gambia, Togo, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and United States.

Observers include Algeria, Belgium, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, India, Qatar, Republic of Congo, and Turkey, reflecting broad interest in regional military cooperation.

Led by the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), African Lion-25 enhances interoperability, strengthens readiness, and builds strategic partnerships through realistic, multi-domain training. Exercises span land, air, maritime, space, and cyber domains, supporting the shared goal of increased security and stability on the continent.

Core events include field training exercises, airborne and amphibious operations, special operations forces, HIMARS rapid insertion (HIRAIN), humanitarian civic assistance, and medical readiness engagements. New capabilities being tested include integrated cyber defense training and next-generation systems such as the Army’s Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW).