One of three Spanish journalists released after nearly a year held hostage in Syria by an Al Qaeda-linked group said on Tuesday that he feared being sold to the Islamic State group, which regularly kills captives.
Police arrested four people in the Madrid area suspected of spreading pro-jihad propaganda on the internet and recruiting followers, according to a statement released by Spain’s Interior Ministry
A report in a German newspaper warned that jihadists were planning attacks on beaches in Italy, Spain and France but they have been dismissed by Italian intelligence as "groundless".
A man has been arrested in Mallorca for recruiting for Isis and attempting to plan terrorist attacks both in Spain and abroad, the country's Interior Ministry has confirmed.
A Spaniard has been arrested in the Spanish north African territory of Ceuta on suspicion of recruiting youth to fight for the Islamic State group in Syria, the interior ministry said Saturday.
UPDATED: Spanish police on Tuesday arrested a man and a woman suspected of recruiting jihadists and launching terror threats against Spain and France, the country's interior ministry said.
Two prisoners at a Spanish jail were arrested today on suspicion of spreading propaganda for the Islamic State group, including videos of executions, while on prison leave, the interior ministry said.
Spaniards are divided on whether Spain should take part in the international military campaign in Syria against the Islamic State, with just over half, 54, percent, opposed, a poll published on Sunday showed.
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.
The Spanish National Police reported on Friday that they had arrested a woman at Málaga airport upon her arrival back in Spain after allegedly trying to join Isis.
Spanish authorities detained two men suspected of being involved in the Islamic State group's "recruitment and indoctrination" drive, a day after they broke up a "terror cell" in Madrid.
Spanish authorities said on Tuesday they had arrested three Moroccans suspected of links to the Isis jihadist group, who were aiming to carry out terror acts in Spain.
Neighbours expressed shock at the transformation of a "good, quiet girl" from a Catholic family in a famous pilgrimage town into a radicalized "Isis bride" determined to travel to Syria.
A Spanish woman has been arrested at Madrid airport on her way to Turkey with the intention of crossing into Syria to join the Isis (Islamic State) terrorist group.
Police have arrested 10 people in Spain and Morocco for allegedly recruiting and indoctrinating fighters for the Islamic State (Isis) group, the Spanish interior ministry announced on Sunday.
Spain's interior minister on Monday called for tighter controls to prevent members of the armed jihadist group Isis from infiltrating the "avalanche" of refugees arriving in Europe from Syria.
