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Spain and Morocco arrest three suspects of jihadist cell, Mallorca man ‘planned lone wolf attack’

News Desk26th March 202631st March 2026

26th March 202631st March 2026984

A joint counterterrorism operation carried out by Spain’s National Police and Morocco’s General Directorate for Territorial Surveillance (DGST) has led to the arrest of three...

Pedro Sánchez: Middle East conflict ‘much worse’ than 2003 invasion of Iraq

News Desk25th March 202630th March 2026

25th March 202630th March 20261241

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez warned on Wednesday that the ongoing war in the Middle East represents a scenario ‘far worse’ than the 2003 invasion...

Spain begins trial of terrorism suspect in 2023 church machete killings

News Desk7th October 202513th October 2025

7th October 202513th October 20251216

Spain’s highest criminal court on Monday began the terrorism trial of a Moroccan man accused of carrying out machete attacks on two churches in 2023...

Spain’s Guardia Civil detain man for allegedly promoting IS terror online

News Desk26th March 20245th April 2024

26th March 20245th April 20242015

Spain’s Guardia Civil police said on Tuesday that they had arrested a man on suspicion of carrying out ‘intensive efforts to encourage terrorism’ and who...

Spain & EU pay tribute to victims of terror on 20th anniversary of Madrid train bombings

News Desk11th March 202418th March 2024

11th March 202418th March 20242421

Spain and officials from the European Union paid tribute on Monday to the 192 victims of the 11 March 2004 Madrid train bombings that marked...

Sánchez visits Spanish troops in Iraq, supporting country’s ‘sovereignty & stability’

News Desk29th December 20234th January 2024

29th December 20234th January 20241962

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said on Thursday that he supported Iraq’s ‘sovereignty and stability’, during a visit to Baghdad where he also met with...

Suspected terrorist attack at churches in Algeciras leaves one dead, four injured

News Desk26th January 20231st February 2023

26th January 20231st February 20233314

A man was arrested on Wednesday evening on suspicion of killing a church assistant and injuring a priest in a machete attack in the southern...

Spain decides to repatriate several women and children from IS camps in Syria

News Desk22nd November 202228th November 2022

22nd November 202228th November 20222043

Spain has decided to repatriate several Spanish wives, widows and children of Islamic State fighters from detention camps in northeastern Syria, the government said on Monday,...

Man jailed for three years over planned drone attack during ‘El Clásico’ at Camp Nou

News Desk25th October 202231st October 2022

25th October 202231st October 20222306

An ISIS fanatic who planned to bomb a Barça-Real Madrid football match with an explosive-packed drone – to ‘purify his life’ after having drunk alcohol in...

Spanish and Moroccan police dismantle suspected jihadist cell, with 11 arrests

News Desk7th October 202211th October 2022

7th October 202211th October 20222654

Moroccan and Spanish police have dismantled a jihadist cell suspected of links to the Islamic State group, officials confirmed this week. The operation led to...

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