Spanish couple arrested in Turkey, accused of jihadist links
Two Spanish residents have been arrested in Turkey on suspicion of having links to jihadi terrorists and membership in the Islamic State armed group, Spain's Interior Ministry said Saturday.
The couple, a Moroccan man identified as Ahmed Debza and a Spanish woman named as Nadia Ataich Fernandez, who both live in Spain's north African enclave of Melilla, allegedly traveled to Turkey in October with their 14-month-old daughter.
Turkish officials arrested the couple after they returned to Turkey from Syria to await "logistical and financial support" from IS, according to the government statement.
Debza had first attempted to travel to Syria alone in July, in response to IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's call to Muslims worldwide to "emigrate" and join what he called his recently declared Caliphate, the statement said.
