World Briefing
By The Associated Press
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.
