Spain gives US go-ahead to use bases against Ebola
MADRID -- Spain has agreed to allow the US to use two military bases in the southwest of the country to support its efforts to combat the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
A Defense Ministry statement says the deal permits US armed forces to use the air base at Moron de la Frontera near Seville and the naval station at Rota on Spain's Atlantic coast to transport personnel and materials to and from Africa.
Defense Minister Pedro Morenes sealed the deal with US counterpart Chuck Hagel in Washington.
The ministry statement, released late Saturday, says the agreement will be reviewed and updated on a case-by-case basis and would also permit U.S. forces to use the bases against IS militants.
The US has made use of the bases since the 1950s.
