Military Uniforms for Jihadists Seized in Spain Came From Saudi Arabia

© AFP 2023 / ALBARAKA NEWSAn image made available by the jihadist Twitter account Al-Baraka news on June 9, 2014 allegedly shows Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants waving the trademark Jihadits flag as vehicles drive on a newly cut road through the Syrian-Iraqi border between the Iraqi Nineveh province and the Syrian town of Al-Hasakah
An image made available by the jihadist Twitter account Al-Baraka news on June 9, 2014 allegedly shows Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants waving the trademark Jihadits flag as vehicles drive on a newly cut road through the Syrian-Iraqi border between the Iraqi Nineveh province and the Syrian town of Al-Hasakah - Sputnik International
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Nearly 20,000 military uniforms destined for the Daesh and al-Nusra Front extremists seized by Spanish police in early March arrived in Spain from Saudi Arabia, local media reported Monday.

MADRID (Sputnik) – Police discovered uniforms and military accessories in three shipping containers — two in the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and one in Algeciras, a port city in the south of Spain — all reportedly linked to an international network of companies.

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These containers, apparently, were brought to Spain from Saudi Arabia, the El Pais newspaper claimed. At the same time, according to the daily, the uniforms, probably originating from one of the NATO countries, were supposed to be shipped to the Turkish port of Mersin, and then to be sent to the Bab al-Hawa, an international border crossing between Syria and Turkey.

The uniforms have been detected as a result of the searches that were conducted after the arrests in early February of seven people suspected of terrorist-related activities. The detainees allegedly provided logistical and financial support to terrorist groups operating in Syria and Iraq.

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