Spain's Defense Chief Supports Troop Deployment to Ceuta and Melilla
The newspaper reported that the Spanish Chief of Defense Staff, Admiral Teodoro Esteban López Calderón, visited the cities of Ceuta and Melilla to support the Spanish forces stationed there and to assess the on-the-ground situation, amid escalating tensions with Morocco over sovereignty over the two cities. The visits come after a mass intrusion in Ceuta in July and following increased Moroccan statements emphasizing Morocco's historical and geographical rights over the two cities. More than 2,500 soldiers are deployed in Ceuta, and around 3,200 in Melilla, with verbal escalations continuing between the two countries, reflecting the intensifying crisis over sovereignty concerning the cities and the occupied islands.
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