July 9, 2014 Right now there are 837 terrorism investigations underway in Spain, of which 368 involve Islamist groups, according to counter-terrorism sources. The Interior Ministry considers that the risk of a new Islamist attack in Spain is “high,” and the government has activated a Level 2 alert because of the “probable risk of an…
March 20, 2014 Between fifty to a hundred Spanish individuals are believed to have joined jihadist groups. Most of them come from Ceuta and Melilla, where networks are working to recruit and dispatch Jihadist volunteers. The route from Syria to Spain via Ceuta begins with the transfer by ferry to Algeciras and then by…
March 14, 2014 The Spanish and Moroccan police have dismantled the most active jihadist cell in Spain, responsible for recruiting volunteers for the ” jihad ” terrorist groups and integrated into the orbit of Al Qaeda. Seven people, including the head of the network , have been arrested in this operation , developed in…
January 12, 2014 The President of the political party, Populars in Freedom, Ignacio Velazquez, declared that he has requested the Civil Guard to investigate whether there is any complicity between the government of the City and the Jihadi group, Takfir Wal Hijra. According to him, some services and municipal works in the Canada de Hidum area are…
02 June 2013 Spain, far from being an exception, is a fertile ground for Salafi jihadism. Professor of International Relations at the Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia)( UNED), Carlos Echeverria says that Spain is a very attractive countries for lone wolfes Islamic radicals, Professor Echeverria remembered that at least two of the last calls of…
