The US has delivered 50 military vehicles and trucks to Morocco’s Royal Armed Forces (FAR) which commented that this delivery was the first phase of a broader agreement involving the shipment of 100 military vehicles and tactical transportation trucks. The second phase is expected to take place “in the coming weeks”, Morocco World News comments.

More military vehicles are about to be offered by the US to the Moroccan armed forces (Picture source: North Africa Post)

The news comes months after the Moroccan air forces received a number of upgraded F-16 fighter jets from the US. Morocco is known as the strongest US ally in North Africa and one of Washington’s most reliable partners in the global fight against terrorism and radicalization.

Most recently, General Stephen T. Townsend, the commander of the US Africa Command (AFRICOM), said that Morocco is a strong and exemplary ally, pointing out that Washington is keen to upgrade the security cooperation between the two countries.