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 A former British rapper and notorious Islamic state suspect has been arrested in Spain, judicial sources said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20200422/spanish-police-arrest-british-rapper-turned-isis Wed, 22 Apr 2020 17:37:28 +0200 spanish-police-arrest-british-rapper-turned-isis A Spanish court has sentenced four people to prison terms of up to seven years for recruiting and indoctrinating supporters, mainly young Muslim women, for the Islamic State group via Facebook. https://www.thelocal.es/20180927/spanish-court-hands-facebook-is-recruiters-prison-sentences Thu, 27 Sep 2018 12:16:00 +0200 spanish-court-hands-facebook-is-recruiters-prison-sentences Two Spanish art experts suspected of running a ring that sold antiques looted from archaeological sites in Libya by groups linked to the Islamic State (Isis) terror group have been arrested, police said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20180329/antiques-looted-in-libya-by-isis-sold-in-spain-two-experts-arrested Thu, 29 Mar 2018 10:55:38 +0200 antiques-looted-in-libya-by-isis-sold-in-spain-two-experts-arrested Spanish police have arrested a 21-year-old man in North African enclave Melilla for carrying out indoctrination on behalf of Isis. https://www.thelocal.es/20171121/spanish-police-arrest-suspected-isis-recruiter-in-melilla Tue, 21 Nov 2017 12:32:10 +0100 spanish-police-arrest-suspected-isis-recruiter-in-melilla Police in Madrid have arrested a man who previously spent time in jail linked with 9/11 for acting as an Isis "cyber soldier". https://www.thelocal.es/20171025/spanish-man-jailed-for-nine-years-over-911-arrested-again-due-to-isis-link Wed, 25 Oct 2017 17:15:46 +0200 spanish-man-jailed-for-nine-years-over-911-arrested-again-due-to-isis-link A woman has been detained near Girona by Spain's Guardia Civil police force suspected of collaborating with terrorists through recruiting and sending jihadists to conflict zones. https://www.thelocal.es/20171017/fbi-helps-spain-catch-suspected-isis-recruiter Tue, 17 Oct 2017 14:00:44 +0200 fbi-helps-spain-catch-suspected-isis-recruiter Belgian police arrested a Spanish man suspected of recruiting for the Islamic State group and planning attacks in Belgium, in a raid near Brussels airport on Wednesday, officials said. https://www.thelocal.es/20170927/spaniard-accused-of-recruiting-for-isis-arrested-in-belgium Wed, 27 Sep 2017 18:45:00 +0200 spaniard-accused-of-recruiting-for-isis-arrested-in-belgium A Danish man arrested in Spain on suspicion of fighting with Islamic State (Isis) jihadists in Syria was planning to buy weapons in the country, the interior ministry said Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20170704/danish-jihadist-arrested-in-spain-wanted-to-buy-weapons-there Tue, 04 Jul 2017 11:35:53 +0200 danish-jihadist-arrested-in-spain-wanted-to-buy-weapons-there Spain said on Saturday it has arrested a Danish man on suspicion of fighting with Isis jihadists in Syria, as officials are on high alert for the huge WorldPride parade. https://www.thelocal.es/20170701/spain-detains-danish-man-suspected-of-fighting-with-isis Sat, 01 Jul 2017 19:38:14 +0200 spain-detains-danish-man-suspected-of-fighting-with-isis Six suspected members of the Islamic State group were arrested in Spain, Britain and Germany on Wednesday in an operation led by Spanish authorities investigating a jihadist recruiting network, the Spanish interior ministry said. https://www.thelocal.es/20170628/six-suspected-isis-jihadists-arrested-in-spanish-police-swoop Wed, 28 Jun 2017 12:22:09 +0200 six-suspected-isis-jihadists-arrested-in-spanish-police-swoop The Spanish Civil Guard arrested a Danish-Moroccan man on Friday in Spain’s African enclave of Melilla over suspicions that he helped to finance terrorist groups like Isis. https://www.thelocal.es/20170623/man-arrested-in-melilla-accused-of-helping-to-finance-isis Fri, 23 Jun 2017 16:34:16 +0200 man-arrested-in-melilla-accused-of-helping-to-finance-isis Spanish police have arrested three suspected jihadists, one of whom has alleged links to Isis and a similar profile to perpetrators behind recent terror attacks in Europe. https://www.thelocal.es/20170621/police-arrest-three-suspected-jihadists-one-of-them-extremely-dangerous Wed, 21 Jun 2017 12:04:27 +0200 police-arrest-three-suspected-jihadists-one-of-them-extremely-dangerous Spain's National Court is hearing the case of a man accused of trying to sell Isis T-shirts online, days before the start of another trial over the same charges. https://www.thelocal.es/20170619/trial-begins-for-man-accused-of-selling-isis-t-shirts-again Mon, 19 Jun 2017 14:43:20 +0200 trial-begins-for-man-accused-of-selling-isis-t-shirts-again Spanish authorities said Wednesday that they had arrested an Egyptian suspected of facilitating the return of jihadists from Iraq and Syria and a Spaniard who allegedly recruited people for the Islamic State group. https://www.thelocal.es/20170426/two-jihadists-linked-to-islamic-state-arrested-in-spain Wed, 26 Apr 2017 17:20:09 +0200 two-jihadists-linked-to-islamic-state-arrested-in-spain Three men were arrested on Wednesday morning for their suspected links to the so-called Islamic State in two separate anti-terrorist operations in Barcelona and Valencia. https://www.thelocal.es/20170322/three-men-detained-in-spain-over-links-to-isis Wed, 22 Mar 2017 12:06:12 +0100 three-men-detained-in-spain-over-links-to-isis A former member of Spain's GAL death squads which targeted ETA separatists in the 1980s was arrested Tuesday for allegedly disseminating propaganda for the Islamic State (IS) group, the interior ministry said. https://www.thelocal.es/20161213/former-anti-eta-militant-turned-isis-backer-held-in-spain Tue, 13 Dec 2016 13:03:01 +0100 former-anti-eta-militant-turned-isis-backer-held-in-spain Spanish police arrested two Moroccans suspected of forming part of the Islamic State (ISIS) group's propaganda and recruitment network. https://www.thelocal.es/20161120/spanish-police-arrest-two-moroccans-with-isis-ties Sun, 20 Nov 2016 10:15:26 +0100 spanish-police-arrest-two-moroccans-with-isis-ties Spanish police arrested three men and a woman on Wednesday in Spain's north African enclave Ceuta on suspicion of recruiting young people as Islamist militants. https://www.thelocal.es/20161109/spain-dismantles-jihadist-recruitment-cell-in-ceuta Wed, 09 Nov 2016 13:02:09 +0100 spain-dismantles-jihadist-recruitment-cell-in-ceuta Spanish police have arrested two men suspected of spreading propaganda and recruiting followers for the Islamic State. https://www.thelocal.es/20161011/police-arrest-two-isis-members-in-northern-spain Tue, 11 Oct 2016 17:34:29 +0200 police-arrest-two-isis-members-in-northern-spain Police have arrested five suspected members of an Islamic State cell in Spain, Belgium and Germany that spread propaganda for the group online, the Spanish interior ministry said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20160928/spanish-jihadists-arrested-for-forming-terror-cell-in-europe Wed, 28 Sep 2016 14:00:22 +0200 spanish-jihadists-arrested-for-forming-terror-cell-in-europe