Intel: US conducts separate military drills with UAE, Israel despite coronavirus

Al-Monitor Staff

Mar 24, 2020

US Marines with Charlie Company, 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, fire an M1A1 Abrams tank main cannon while conducting live-fire training during exercise Native Fury 20 in the United Arab Emirates, seen in a picture uploaded March 22, 2020. — Twitter/@USMARCENT

The United States conducted military exercises with Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) today and Monday despite the global coronavirus pandemic.

The Associated Press reported that American and Emirati forces went ahead with the biennial Native Fury exercise on Monday, which involved thousands of troops storming an imaginary city at al-Hamra military base in the UAE.