Eight alleged members of an al-Qaeda linked network have been arrested in the Spanish territory of Ceuta.
Those detained, all Spanish citizens, are suspected to have been recruiting individuals to fight in Syria and other countries.
The arrests were made in Ceuta, a Spanish enclave in North Africa.
"We are aware that they facilitated the travel of a number of persons from Ceuta, Morocco and other places in Spain, via Turkey," Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz said.
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