https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Spain's King Felipe VI on Wednesday visited special forces helping Iraq fight jihadists, during the first trip by a Spanish monarch to the war-ravaged country in four decades. https://www.thelocal.es/20190130/spains-king-felipe-drops-in-on-troops-in-iraq Wed, 30 Jan 2019 11:42:04 +0100 spains-king-felipe-drops-in-on-troops-in-iraq Spanish football authorities have condemned the attack on a Real Madrid supporters club, which left 12 fans dead during Saturday night's Champions League final. https://www.thelocal.es/20160530/isis-kill-12-real-madrid-fans-in-iraq-during-champions-league-final Mon, 30 May 2016 16:15:05 +0200 isis-kill-12-real-madrid-fans-in-iraq-during-champions-league-final Spain's government is stuck between a rock and a hard place. Keen to show France support in its battle against extremism, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is also acutely aware that any concrete engagement will awaken the ghosts of Spain's devastating 2004 attacks. https://www.thelocal.es/20151128/as-elections-near-scarred-spain-wavers-on-france-military-support Sat, 28 Nov 2015 10:09:20 +0100 as-elections-near-scarred-spain-wavers-on-france-military-support Spain's High Court was forced to shelve a 12-year inquiry into the killing of a Spanish journalist by a US shell in Iraq because a change in law has seen judicial powers limited. https://www.thelocal.es/20150610/spain-forced-to-drop Wed, 10 Jun 2015 11:21:21 +0200 spain-forced-to-drop A Libyan suicide bomber who carried out an attack in the name of Isis in October in Iraq received medical treatment in Spain, prompting fears that others who were radicalized after being treated in the country could carry out attacks on Spanish soil. https://www.thelocal.es/20141230/iraq-suicide-bomber-was-treated-in-spain Tue, 30 Dec 2014 12:15:00 +0100 iraq-suicide-bomber-was-treated-in-spain Spain is seeing an unprecedented surge in home-grown Islamist extremism with more young Spanish Muslims than ever detained for links to terrorist groups in Syria, experts warned on Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20141118/syrian-civil-war-sparks-spanish-terrorism Tue, 18 Nov 2014 09:59:00 +0100 syrian-civil-war-sparks-spanish-terrorism Five Spanish soldiers charged with war crimes over allegations they tortured prisoners in Iraq have been left off by a military court, with judges using a precedent set by former US president George Bush. https://www.thelocal.es/20141030/torture-charges-dropped-against-spanish-soldiers Thu, 30 Oct 2014 14:02:00 +0100 torture-charges-dropped-against-spanish-soldiers Sources inside Spain's military have reportedly told a Spanish newspaper that only a handful of the country's Eurofighter Typhoon jets are fully operational and that semi-retired F-18 aircraft are being called back into full service to meet NATO commitments. https://www.thelocal.es/20141027/only-6-of-spains-39-eurofighter-planes-can-fly Mon, 27 Oct 2014 12:54:00 +0100 only-6-of-spains-39-eurofighter-planes-can-fly Spain's parliament is expected to approve on Friday the sending of 300 soldiers to Iraq to train the country's army so that it is better equipped to fight the terror group Isis. https://www.thelocal.es/20141010/300-spanish-troops-to-train-iraqi-army Fri, 10 Oct 2014 11:52:00 +0200 300-spanish-troops-to-train-iraqi-army Spain foreign minister José Manuel García-Margallo on Wednesday said Spain would would neither send troops to Iraq nor participate in aerial attacks against the terrorist group Isis. https://www.thelocal.es/20141001/spain-rules-out-sending-troops-to-fight-isis Wed, 01 Oct 2014 17:55:00 +0200 spain-rules-out-sending-troops-to-fight-isis In a first for Spain, five soldiers have been charged with war crimes over allegations they tortured prisoners at any army base in Iraq in 2004. https://www.thelocal.es/20141001/five-spanish-soldiers-hit-with-torture-charges-iraq-spain Wed, 01 Oct 2014 13:08:00 +0200 five-spanish-soldiers-hit-with-torture-charges-iraq-spain UPDATED: The leader of an Isis-linked terrorist cell broken up in Spain and Morocco on Friday is the brother of a former Spanish soldier, sources close to the ongoing investigation have said. https://www.thelocal.es/20140926/nine-jihadists-arrested-in-melilla Fri, 26 Sep 2014 11:30:00 +0200 nine-jihadists-arrested-in-melilla Spain's Defence Secretary Alejandro Alvargonzález has ruled out imminent Spanish military involvement against the terrorist group Isis in Iraq, describing the issue as 'complicated' in the minds of the Spanish electorate. https://www.thelocal.es/20140904/spain-talks-down-sending-troops-to-iraq-isis Thu, 04 Sep 2014 14:43:00 +0200 spain-talks-down-sending-troops-to-iraq-isis For the first time ever, a Spanish soldier has been jailed for allegedly mistreating military prisoners as part of ongoing investigations into a brutal attack at a Spanish army base in Iraq in 2004. https://www.thelocal.es/20140703/spanish-solider-jailed-on-iraq-torture-charges-military Thu, 03 Jul 2014 13:13:00 +0200 spanish-solider-jailed-on-iraq-torture-charges-military Britain on Thursday named a former Royal Marine general who served in Iraq and Afghanistan to the ceremonial post of governor of Gibraltar, the territory at the centre of a fierce feud with Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20130919/iraq-war-veteran-named-as-gibraltar-governor Thu, 19 Sep 2013 18:57:56 +0200 iraq-war-veteran-named-as-gibraltar-governor