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Terror In Barcelona Leaves At Least A Dozen Dead And Scores Injured; Second Potential Attack Thwarted
Spain came under repeated attack starting Thursday in what authorities called linked terrorist incidents, when a driver swerved a van into crowds in Barcelona's historic Las Ramblas district, killing more than a dozen people and injuring scores of others. Early Friday, an attempted attack unfolded in a town down the coast. The Islamic State claimed...
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Spanish Police Arrest Man For Attempting To Join ISIS In Syria
Spanish police arrested a man at Madrid's Barajas airport on Sunday who was attempting to join the Islamic State extremist group in war-torn Syria.
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Paris Attacks 'Mastermind' Tried to recruit Spanish Women: Madrid
The suspected mastermind of the Paris attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, tried to recruit women living in Spain for the Islamic State group, Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz said today.
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3 Suspected Terrorists Arrested in Spain
Spanish authorities said today they had arrested three Moroccans suspected of links to the Islamic State terrorist group, who were aiming to carry out terror acts in Spain.
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Germany Detains Suspected Jihadist Who Fled Spain: Madrid
German police have detained a suspected Islamic State jihadist who fled Spain last month, the Spanish interior ministry said Wednesday.
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UN Meets in Spain to Tackle 'Foreign Terrorist Fighters'
Security experts and ministers gather in Madrid on Monday for two days of UN-sponsored talks on how to stop radicals leaving their countries to join armed jihadist groups abroad.
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Man Accused of Recruiting for Islamic State Arrested by Spain
Spanish police, with the help of Moroccan authorities, have arrested a man accused of distributing propaganda and recruiting for the Islamic State group, the Interior Ministry said today.
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Spain Arrests Woman for Recruiting Girls for Islamic State
Spanish police on Tuesday arrested a woman in the Canary Islands on suspicion of recruiting adolescent girls to join Islamic State in Syria, the interior ministry said.
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Spain Detains Suspected Female IS Group Recruiter
Spanish police arrested today a woman on the Canary Islands suspected of recruiting girls and teenagers for the Islamic State group, the interior ministry said.
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Spain Raises Terror Alert Level to High After Attacks
Spain raised its terror alert level from medium to high today after deadly attacks in France, Tunisia and Kuwait, its Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz said.
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Bomb Explodes Outside Spanish Embassy in Libya: Security
A bomb exploded outside Spain's embassy in the Libyan capital on Monday night without causing injuries, a security source told AFP, an attack later claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group.
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Spain Arrests 9 Over Alleged Islamic State Links
Spanish police arrested nine people in the Catalonia region today suspected of links to the Islamic State group, authorities said, the latest such raids as European nations seek to stop jihadist recruitment.
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Spain Wakes Up to 'Homegrown' Extremist Threat
Spain is fighting a new wave of "homegrown" Islamic extremism as scores of Spaniards join Islamist fighters in Syria and Iraq.
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Terror In Barcelona Leaves At Least A Dozen Dead And Scores Injured; Second Potential Attack Thwarted
Spain came under repeated attack starting Thursday in what authorities called linked terrorist incidents, when a driver swerved a van into crowds in Barcelona's historic Las Ramblas district, killing more than a dozen people and injuring scores of others. Early Friday, an attempted attack unfolded in a town down the coast. The Islamic State claimed...
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Spanish Police Arrest Man For Attempting To Join ISIS In Syria
Spanish police arrested a man at Madrid's Barajas airport on Sunday who was attempting to join the Islamic State extremist group in war-torn Syria.
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Paris Attacks 'Mastermind' Tried to recruit Spanish Women: Madrid
The suspected mastermind of the Paris attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, tried to recruit women living in Spain for the Islamic State group, Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz said today.
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3 Suspected Terrorists Arrested in Spain
Spanish authorities said today they had arrested three Moroccans suspected of links to the Islamic State terrorist group, who were aiming to carry out terror acts in Spain.
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Germany Detains Suspected Jihadist Who Fled Spain: Madrid
German police have detained a suspected Islamic State jihadist who fled Spain last month, the Spanish interior ministry said Wednesday.
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UN Meets in Spain to Tackle 'Foreign Terrorist Fighters'
Security experts and ministers gather in Madrid on Monday for two days of UN-sponsored talks on how to stop radicals leaving their countries to join armed jihadist groups abroad.
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Man Accused of Recruiting for Islamic State Arrested by Spain
Spanish police, with the help of Moroccan authorities, have arrested a man accused of distributing propaganda and recruiting for the Islamic State group, the Interior Ministry said today.
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Spain Arrests Woman for Recruiting Girls for Islamic State
Spanish police on Tuesday arrested a woman in the Canary Islands on suspicion of recruiting adolescent girls to join Islamic State in Syria, the interior ministry said.
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Spain Detains Suspected Female IS Group Recruiter
Spanish police arrested today a woman on the Canary Islands suspected of recruiting girls and teenagers for the Islamic State group, the interior ministry said.
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Spain Raises Terror Alert Level to High After Attacks
Spain raised its terror alert level from medium to high today after deadly attacks in France, Tunisia and Kuwait, its Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz said.
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Bomb Explodes Outside Spanish Embassy in Libya: Security
A bomb exploded outside Spain's embassy in the Libyan capital on Monday night without causing injuries, a security source told AFP, an attack later claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group.
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Spain Arrests 9 Over Alleged Islamic State Links
Spanish police arrested nine people in the Catalonia region today suspected of links to the Islamic State group, authorities said, the latest such raids as European nations seek to stop jihadist recruitment.
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Spain Wakes Up to 'Homegrown' Extremist Threat
Spain is fighting a new wave of "homegrown" Islamic extremism as scores of Spaniards join Islamist fighters in Syria and Iraq.
