MADRID (AFP) - A Moroccan woman was arrested at an airport in Spain on Saturday on suspicion of recruiting women of Europe and North Africa to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
Suspect named Samira Yerou was sent to Spain by the Turkish authorities after they found him trying to enter illegally into Syria, Spanish interior ministry said as quoted by AFP.
Spain has issued an international arrest warrant for her.
The Spanish authorities believe Yerou is trying to meet with ISIS and interrogated after landing at the airport El Prat, Barcelona.
"Yerou may play an important role in the recruitment and sending the women sympathizers terrorist groups in Europe and Morocco," the ministry said.
He along with his son who was three years old when trying to enter Syria. The child's father filed a report when Yerou and the child disappeared from the town of Rubi, Spain, adjacent to Barcelona, in December.
"The child is in a healthy state once and has reunited with his father," the ministry said.
Like most European countries, Spain struggled to combat the radicalization of young people who are trying to join the ISIS in Syria and Iraq, and managed to cut recruitment network in recent months.
The Spanish authorities believe that about 100 people of Spain have joined the ISIS in Syria and Iraq. This amount is relatively low when compared to the French, English and German.
Altogether, about 550 young women have joined the ISIS, said British think tank, the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, as quoted by AFP.
Suspect named Samira Yerou was sent to Spain by the Turkish authorities after they found him trying to enter illegally into Syria, Spanish interior ministry said as quoted by AFP.
Spain has issued an international arrest warrant for her.
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| British teenage daughter Amira Abase, Kadiza Sultana, and Shamima Begun (left-right) runs at Gatwick Airport before they boarded the plane to Turkey with Syria final destination (REUTERS / Metropolitan Police / Handout via Reuters) |
The Spanish authorities believe Yerou is trying to meet with ISIS and interrogated after landing at the airport El Prat, Barcelona.
"Yerou may play an important role in the recruitment and sending the women sympathizers terrorist groups in Europe and Morocco," the ministry said.
He along with his son who was three years old when trying to enter Syria. The child's father filed a report when Yerou and the child disappeared from the town of Rubi, Spain, adjacent to Barcelona, in December.
"The child is in a healthy state once and has reunited with his father," the ministry said.
Like most European countries, Spain struggled to combat the radicalization of young people who are trying to join the ISIS in Syria and Iraq, and managed to cut recruitment network in recent months.
The Spanish authorities believe that about 100 people of Spain have joined the ISIS in Syria and Iraq. This amount is relatively low when compared to the French, English and German.
Altogether, about 550 young women have joined the ISIS, said British think tank, the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, as quoted by AFP.
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