Spain and Morocco take down ISIS recruitment cell
Yesterday 14 people were arrested in a joint operation by Spanish and Moroccan anti-terrorist brigades. &nbsp;Whilst a Moroccan man was arrested in a Madrid suburb, the rest of the detentions were made in Morocco. &nbsp;Police sources say that the cell was focussed on recruiting for ISIS and sending them to Syria and Iraq. &nbsp;The Spanish Ministry of the Interior estimates that 126 men have left Spain to fight for ISIS, with 25 of them known to have been killed: Moroccan authorities believe that 1350 nationals have left to fight for ISIS, with 286 known to have been killed.
At least 14 people were arrested Tuesday in Morocco and Spain on suspicion of belonging to a cell that recruited fighters for the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, the authorities said. Morocco’s Interior Ministry said 13 people had been arrested in raids in several cities across the country, including Nador and Al Hoceima on the Mediterranean coast, and Fez and Casablanca. Spain’s Interior Ministry said one person had been arrested in the town of San Martín de la Vega, southeast of Madrid. Both governments said the cell was aimed at recruitment and at carrying out militant attacks in the two countries. The Moroccan and Spanish authorities have previously carried out joint operations focused on Melilla and Ceuta, Spain’s enclaves in North Africa, and the surrounding Moroccan cities.