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The seven detained were part of a cell which was providing logistical support to ISIS and the al Nusra Front in Syria, according to the statement.
That logistical support included shipping military supplies, money, and electronic and communications equipment, the statement said. The cell also shipped firearms and precursor materials used in manufacturing explosives, it said.
Spanish authorities said the supplies were packaged to look like humanitarian aid and then shipped from Spanish ports to Syria and Iraq.
Spanish authorities said besides providing logistical support, the leader of the cell was in constant contact with an ISIS member, "who asked him on numerous occasions to recruit women to travel to Syria" for marriage to ISIS fighters.
"ISIS wants them to be mothers to the next generation of fighters," said Paul Cruickshank, CNN terrorism analyst. A significant number of women have also traveled with their husbands, he said. An estimated 500 women have traveled from the West to join jihadi groups, he said.
Five of the arrested men have Spanish nationality but are of Syrian, Jordanian and Moroccan origin, according to the ministry's statement. Two others are Syrian and Moroccan nationals living in Spain.
Spain arrests 7 suspected of sending weapons to ISIS - CNN.com
85 people have been arrested since 2015.
That logistical support included shipping military supplies, money, and electronic and communications equipment, the statement said. The cell also shipped firearms and precursor materials used in manufacturing explosives, it said.
Spanish authorities said the supplies were packaged to look like humanitarian aid and then shipped from Spanish ports to Syria and Iraq.
Spanish authorities said besides providing logistical support, the leader of the cell was in constant contact with an ISIS member, "who asked him on numerous occasions to recruit women to travel to Syria" for marriage to ISIS fighters.
"ISIS wants them to be mothers to the next generation of fighters," said Paul Cruickshank, CNN terrorism analyst. A significant number of women have also traveled with their husbands, he said. An estimated 500 women have traveled from the West to join jihadi groups, he said.
Five of the arrested men have Spanish nationality but are of Syrian, Jordanian and Moroccan origin, according to the ministry's statement. Two others are Syrian and Moroccan nationals living in Spain.
Spain arrests 7 suspected of sending weapons to ISIS - CNN.com
85 people have been arrested since 2015.
