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 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 In Spain as in Syria, people fight in foreign wars for many reasons, or sometimes none at all. Historian Michael Lambert explores. https://www.thelocal.es/20160804/in-spain-as-in-syria-what-history-tells-us-about-reasons-to-go-to-war Thu, 04 Aug 2016 17:40:49 +0200 in-spain-as-in-syria-what-history-tells-us-about-reasons-to-go-to-war Spain’s secret service has said it needs to recruit five hundred new agents to keep the nation safe from Islamic terrorists. https://www.thelocal.es/20160610/spain-to-recruit-500-spies-in-fight-against-jihadist-terrorism Fri, 10 Jun 2016 17:44:34 +0200 spain-to-recruit-500-spies-in-fight-against-jihadist-terrorism Spain's intelligence agency received a "multitude" of calls during the first 24 hours of a new campaign in which Spaniards can anonymously report people they suspect of jihadist activity. https://www.thelocal.es/20151207/spain-to-investigate-29-people-after-one-day-of-stop-radicalism-campaign Mon, 07 Dec 2015 10:27:27 +0100 spain-to-investigate-29-people-after-one-day-of-stop-radicalism-campaign Spain's Interior Ministry has raised the country's terror altert to its highest level since the 2004 Madrid bombings in response to Spain being mentioned in jihadist social networks linked to the Islamic State. https://www.thelocal.es/20150707/terror-alert-raised-due-to-mentions-of-spain Tue, 07 Jul 2015 12:30:14 +0200 terror-alert-raised-due-to-mentions-of-spain People across Spain gathered on Sunday to honour the 12 victims of a terror attack on the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. https://www.thelocal.es/20150112/spanish-protests-honour-paris-terror-victimes Mon, 12 Jan 2015 10:35:00 +0100 spanish-protests-honour-paris-terror-victimes Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy will take part in a rally against terrorism on Sunday in the French capital in the wake of an attack on the French satirical newspaper Charile Hebdo which left 12 people dead. https://www.thelocal.es/20150109/spain-pm-rajoy-to-join-sunday-demo-in-paris Fri, 09 Jan 2015 18:40:00 +0100 spain-pm-rajoy-to-join-sunday-demo-in-paris Spain’s satirical magazines, old and new alike, have come out in support of French magazine Charlie Hebdo, where on Wednesday 12 people were killed and four seriously injured. https://www.thelocal.es/20150108/spanish-satirical-magazines-show-support-for-charlie-hebdo Thu, 08 Jan 2015 13:24:00 +0100 spanish-satirical-magazines-show-support-for-charlie-hebdo Nine jihadists belonging to a recruitment cell for the terrorist group ISIS were arrested on Thursday in the north of Morocco with the help of Spanish security forces. https://www.thelocal.es/20140814/spain-aids-moroccan-to-arrest-nine-jihadists Thu, 14 Aug 2014 14:50:00 +0200 spain-aids-moroccan-to-arrest-nine-jihadists