Spain raises its flag again at embassy in Damascus after 12-year closure
Spain raised its flag at its embassy in Damascus, Syria, on Thursday, marking the return of its diplomatic presence more than a decade after suspending
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Sánchez visits Spanish troops in Iraq, supporting country’s ‘sovereignty & stability’
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
Madrid imam arrested by Guardia Civil for ‘radicalising minors’
Spain’s Guardia Civil police said on Thursday that they had arrested a 44-year-old imam who worked as an Arabic teacher and used his position ‘to
Migration paragraph left out of EU statement at end of summit in Granada
A planned section on migration was finally left out at the conclusion of the European Union’s informal summit in Granada (Andalusia) on Friday, after Poland and Hungary
Trial starts in Madrid of British ex-rapper and Isis suspect
The trial of a former British rapper and suspected Islamic State (IS) figjter, Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary, has started in Madrid. The 32-year-old from west London, who
Spain joins search & rescue teams, as earthquake death toll rises in Turkey & Syria
Spain, among many other countries, is sending two urban search and rescue teams to Turkey with 85 personnel, and a contingent of volunteer firefighters. It
Spain repatriates two women and 13 children from Syria camp
Madrid has repatriated two Spanish women and 13 children from the unsafe, unsanitary Roj refugee camp in northeast Syria – the first repatriation from the camp so far this year. The
Spain decides to repatriate several women and children from IS camps in Syria
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,
NATO’s 70th anniversary overshadowed by rows and ‘brain dead’ strategy
NATO leaders met in different groups in London on Tuesday before having dinner with The Queen at Buckingham Palace in a 70th anniversary show of unity –
King of Spain visits Iraq, first in 40 years
Spain’s King Felipe VI has arrived in Iraq for the first visit there by a Spanish monarch in four decades. The king, whose country is
