Thread by @Milatrud11

2 separate anti-terror ops in Spain:
-province of Valencia: highly radicalized IS jihadist arrested

- Ceuta: Tunisian Syria returnee arrested and deported to Tunisia. No group affiliation mentioned.
In Syria since 2016 elconfidencial.com/espana/2025-01…
interior.gob.es/opencms/ca/det… x.com/guardiacivil/s…

Spain arrested:
2)suspected jihadist in Avilés (Asturias) last week:
-IS propaganda online
-calls for jihad

3)susp. jihadist in Itsasondo(Guipúzcoa)last week

4)2 suspected jihadists, incl a minor, in Melilla (s. video)on Jan 28
x.com/i/status/18845…
larazon.es/andalucia/dete…

4b) Spain arrested 2 suspected IS jihadists, incl a minor, in Melilla on Jan 29, 2025:
Minor released.
The 2nd is highly radicalized:
-consumed very violent content,
-indoctrination
-recruitment.
-called for jihad
-IS and Palestine-related propaganda interior.gob.es/opencms/gl/det…

5)Spain arrested 7 suspected jihadists,incl.1 minor in separate ops
in
>Vigo (Pontevedra prov: 3: Brazilian,Moroccan,Hispano-Moroccan)
>Toledo prov (3 Spaniards;17,22,22), coop with Morocco)
>Madrid (1)(30)

on Jan 20 and 22,2025:
-spread IS propaganda
-elperiodicodearagon.com/sucesos/2025/0…

5b)Spain arrested 7 jihadists,incl.1 minor in separate ops in
>Vigo(Pontevedra prov:3: Brazilian,Moroccan,Hispano-Moroccan)
>Fuensalida(Toledo prov) (3 Spaniards;17,22,22),coop with Morocco) >Madrid (1)(30):interest in suicide attacks
on Jan 20 and 22,2025:lavanguardia.com/politica/20250…

5c)Spain arrested 7 jihadists in separate ops on Jan 20 and 22,2025:
>Vigo(Pontevedra):3
>Fuensalida(Toledo) (3: 17,22,22),coop with Morocco)
>Leganés(Madrid area: 1 Moroccan sport influencer(30) ("Nordin Workout",100k),coop w/🇲🇦ledesk.ma/encontinu/espa…

5cc)Spain arrested 7 jihadists in separate ops on Jan 20 and 22,2025:
>Vigo(Pontevedra):3 >Fuensalida(Toledo) (3: 17,22,22),coop with Morocco)

>Leganés(Madrid area: 1 Moroccan sport influencer(30) ("Nordin Workout",100k),coop w/🇲🇦

https://x.com/i/status/1887852401069109595

6)Spain arrested suspected Moroccan jihadist(23) in Valence on Feb 11,2025:
-consumed and spread IS propaganda
-police consider him as violent and advanced radicalized
-homeless
-no residence permit ledesk.ma/encontinu/espa…

7) Spain arrested radicalized minor IS sympathizer (16) in Padrenda (Ourense/Galicia) on Feb 25,2025:
-visited jihadist websites since months
-lately: downloaded manuals for bomb making
-talked to third parties about a possible attack

lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/ourens…

7b) Spain arrested IS sympathizer (16)in Padrenda (Ourense) on Feb 25,2025:
-the minor and his mother moved there ~1 year ago:
He failed to socially integrate and spend hours online where he found Islamic State sites.

-He talked to classmates about his sympa for the IS

8)2. post:(s.SAKINA)
Anti-terror op "SAKINA 3" in Spain:
10 Pakistanis of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan(TLP) arrested in Barcelona.
Italy:1 in Piacenza:
-Planned to decapite ppl in EU over "blasphemy"
SAKINA 1:Feb 21;2022: 5.
SAKINA 2:Nov 7,2023: 14.
6 freed gaceta.es/espana/seis-de…

9)Spain arrested 1 terror suspect in Melilla on Mar 11,2025:
-suspected of being involved in jihadist related delicts

No details: age,nationality,group affiliation etc
elconfidencial.com/espana/2025-03…
x.com/i/status/18998…

9b)Spain arrested terror suspect [IMO a Moroccan] in Melilla on Mar 11,2025:
-spread IS propaganda and jihad
-auto-indocrination and indoctrination of others online
-advanced stage of radicalization larazon.es/espana/detenid…

10)Spain in coop with Morocco(DGST)arrested suspected [Moroccan ?] IS jihadist in Córdoba on Mar 19 or 20,2025:
- avanced stage of radicalization
-consumed very violent jihadist propaganda.
-“intense activity”online in support of IS northafricapost.com/85446-spain-ar… x.com/i/status/19026…

11)Spain arrested 4 suspected jihadists this week in:
-Fuencaliente de Lucio(Burgos prov)on Mar 18,2025:
-seized: knife, IS propaganda,components for the making of explosives,material about weapons.
burgosnoticias.com/057996/el-yiha…
-Salamanca,
-Huelva
-Barcelona eldiario.es/castilla-y-leo…

11b)Spain arrested 1 suspected Moroccan jihadist in the Chana district of Granada on Mar 18,2025:

No details (age,group affiliation).

4 other terror suspects arrested in Fuencaliente de Lucio(Burgos prov),
Salamanca, Huelva and Barcelonaeldebate.com/espana/andaluc…

11b) Spain arrested 1 suspected jihadist (36) in Barcelona on Mar 17,2025:
-self-radicalization online
-had repository with very violent IS material
-recruitment online for IS interior.gob.es/opencms/va/det…

12) Spain arrested 38 suspected jihadists in less than 3 months (Jan-~Mar 20,2025):

Detenidos en menos de tres meses 38 presuntos yihadistas en España elpais.com/espana/2025-03…

13) s. 11b) Spain arrested 1 suspected Moroccan jihadist in the Chana district of Granada on Mar 18,2025:
-used bots to spread IS propaganda
-profoundly radicalized
-is brother of a IS fighter who was killed in 2014 in Syria interior.gob.es/opencms/ca/det…

14)s. 10)+ 11):
Spain arrested 6 suspected jihadists last week:
-Granada: Mar 18,2025.
-Córdoba:Mar 19 or 20
-terror cell (3) in Huelva,Salamanca,Burgos

-France: Béziers:El Mourabit

Golpe de la Guardia Civil al yihadismo: seis detenidos en una semana huffingtonpost.es/sociedad/golpe…

14)s.a. 11)
Operation Pozo Amarillo:
Spain in coop w/Europol arrested terror cell (3:24-42) in Huelva, Salamanca, Burgos (Mar 18,2025:in Fuencaliente de Lucio)provinces:
-searched for making explosives,suicide attacks
-watched IS, AQ,Hamas videos
etc okdiario.com/andalucia/yiha…

15)Spain:Civil Guard begins operation against Hezbollah members in Spain:
3 Lebanese arrested in Barcelona.

July 14,2024:3 Lebanese Hezbollah members arrested in Barcelona,Badalona: Delivered parts of military drones to Hezb.
1 in Germany(Salzgitter)
jpost.com/international/…

15b) Spain arrested 3 Hezbollah members in Barcelona:

Link to the Jul 14,2024 arrest of 3 Lebanese Hezbollah members in Barcelona,Badalona: Delivered parts of military drones to Hezb. Spanien,Hisbollahelpais.com/espana/catalun…

16) Spain arrested 1 suspected jihadist in Murcia on Apr 2, 2025:

No link to the arrest of 3 Hezbollah members in Barcelona.

At the moment no details.
efe.com/murcia/2025-04…

17) Spain arrested highly radicalized inmate in the prison Alcalá Meco in Alcalá de Henares (Comunidad de Madrid) on Apr 2,2025:
-indoctrinated other inmates w/IS propaganda
-planned attacks after release
-investigations since Oct 2024
-in prison for crime cadenaser.com/cmadrid/2025/0…

18)Spain arrested Spanish jihadist(36)of Moroccan origin in Murcia province:
-IS supporter since 2019
-further radicalized in the last months
-searched weapons
-suspected of planning an attack
-relative deported in 2020 over sec interior.gob.es/opencms/en/det… x.com/i/status/19127…

19) Spain arrested suspected "dangerous" jihadist in Castelldefels south of Barcelona, Cataluna region on Apr 28,2025:
-investigations since months

Up to date no further details
Note: No major media report so far (Google search)cronicaglobal.elespanol.com/vida/20250429/…

19b) Spain arrested 3 suspected IS jihadists in Castelldefels and Montcada i Reixac, Barcelona metropolitan region,(Cataluna) on Apr 28,2025:
-highly radicalized
-had contact with each other [terror cell ?]

-so far no further details released elnacional.cat/es/sociedad/tr…

19c) Spain arrested 3 IS jihadists in Castelldefels(2) and Montcada i Reixac(1), Barcelona prov on Apr 28,2025:
-highly radicalized
-spread IS propaganda
- jihad material (martyrdom,lone wolf attacks)
-contact with each other
rtve.es/noticias/20250…
x.com/i/status/19182…

20)Spain in coop w/Morocco`s DGST arrested Moroccan IS returnee wanted by Morocco in Guadalajara (52 ne of Madrid):

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Detenido un yihadista en Guadalajara que había combatido con el DAESH en Siria e Irak
okdiario.com/espana/detenid…

20b)Spain in coop w/ Morocco`s DGST arrested [Moroccan] IS returnee, wanted by Morocco for terror-related offenses, in Guadalajara [on May 15 or 16,2025]:
northafricapost.com/87104-spain-mo…

Jan-mid-May 2025: 67 jihadism-related arrests elpais.com/espana/2025-05…

21) Spain arrests 2 suspected female IS jihadists in Alcorcón (Madrid) accused of forming an IS-linked «jihad academy» («academia de la yihad») to indoctrinate other Muslims

Spread IS propaganda etc gaceta.es/espana/la-poli…

21b) Spain arrests 2 suspected Spanish female IS jihadists (19,21,sisters) in Alcorcón (Madrid) accused of forming an IS-linked «virtual jihad academy» («academia de la yihad») to indoctrinate other female Muslims.
One of them pledged to 'wage Jihad'.
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

21bb)Spain arrests 2 suspected Spanish female IS jihadists (19,21,sisters,Moroccan origin) in Alcorcón (Madrid) accused of forming an IS-linked
«virtual jihad academy» («academia de la yihad») to indoctrinate other female Muslims.

https://x.com/i/status/1928386875598770603

22) Spain arrested at least 2 suspected jihadists in Bilbao and Basauri on Jun 3,2025:

No details d/t ongoing investigations

Jan-Jun:56 arrests
-
Al menos dos presuntos yihadistas detenidos en una operación antiterrorista en Bilbao y en Basauri (Vizcaya) eldebate.com/espana/2025060…

22b)Spain arrested 2 suspected Moroccan jihadists in Bilbao and Basauri on Jun 3,2025:
-praising terrorism
-(auto)indoctrination

Sahrawi sources to La Razon:
The 2 are relatives of high level officials of the Frente Polisario larazon.es/espana/detenid…

23) Portugal in coop with Spain arrested suspected Portuguese jihadist(32) in Quinta do Conde, Setúbal district on Jun 6,2025:
-wanted by Spain for terrorism (?in Huelva Oct 2024)
-consumed IS,al Qaeda propaganda since 2021
-planned to travel to Syria/Iraq
swissinfo.ch/spa/la-polic%C…

24)Spain arrests suspected Moroccan IS jihadist in Castellbisbal (Barcelona province)on Jun 10,2025:
-jihadist indoctrination
-spread IS propaganda
-promoted violence
-travelled abroad to be trained on weapons(for attacks in Spain?)elmundo.es/cataluna/2025/… x.com/i/status/19323…

25)Spain arrested suspected Spanish jihadist Jacob Orellana (35,convert) in Montblanc (Tarragona) on Jun 17,2025:
-first arrest was in Valls in 2015 (operación Caronte)

abc.es/espana/catalun…
elnacional.cat/es/sociedad/de…

26)Spain arrested suspected IS jihadist of Moroccan origin in Badalona on Jul 1,2025:
-"highly radicalized"
-consumed huge amount of IS propaganda
-investigation since early 2024
trackingterrorism.org/chatter/islami…
efe.com/cataluna/2025-… x.com/i/status/19407…

27)Spain arrested suspected Palestinian Hamas supporter (47,Jordanian passport) in Valencia on Jun 17,2025:
-praised military wing of Hamas, the al-Qassam Brigades
-advanced stage of radicalization
-consumed jihadist propaganda
-came 2020.elpais.com/espana/2025-07…

27b)Spain arrested in Operation Zaytun Palestinian Hamas supporter (47,Jordanian passport) in Valencia on Jun 17,2025:
-praised al-Qassam Brigades(Hamas)
-advanced stage of radicalization
-consumed and spread jihadist/Hamas propaganda
-called for attacks elpais-com.translate.goog/espana/2025-07…

28) Update to 16)
Spain arrested suspected terrorist ALK(22,student)in Murcia on Apr 2,2025:
-alleged perpetrator of the attack against Rimmon Kosher restaurant in Madrid on Mar 4
Considered the first against Jews since Oct 7,2023 elpais-com.translate.goog/espana/2025-07… elpais.com/espana/2025-07…

29)Spain prevented the travel of a radicalized European minor(15)at the airport in Málaga to the IS caliphate. She wanted to fly to North Africa
She went missing in her home country weeks ago

Salvan a una niña de 15 años radicalizada al califato yihadista digitaldeleon.com/sucesos/salvan…

30) Spain arrested terror suspect (43) wanted by Russia over terror links in Pals (Girona) on Jul 13,2025:
(Ethnicity,details: n/a).
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Detenido en Pals, Girona, un hombre reclamado por autoridades rusas por vinculación al terrorismo telecinco.es/noticias/catal…

31)Spain arrested at least 2 suspected jihadists in Salamanca on Jul 16, 2025:
-suspected of being part of a terror cell arrested in Burgos,Salamanca and Huelva in Mar 2025 (s. 14, below)who planned attacks
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No details so far elconfidencial.com/espana/castill… x.com/Milatrud11/sta…

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