The Spanish government is going to amend the criminal rule, According to which the participation of the population in armed conflicts abroad will be equated to terrorism, informs the print edition.

As said on Tuesday, foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-margallo, speaking before the Commission on international Affairs of the Congress of deputies (the lower house of Parliament), in the near future, this initiative will proceed to the consideration of the head of the Ministry of the interior, Jorge fern?ndez d?az.

The Spaniards participate in various military conflicts abroad. It is known that a bit of Spanish participated in the conflict in the East of Ukraine. According to information online, in the Syrian Arab Republic and Iraq there are about 200 Spanish mercenaries fighting on the side of the Islamists. For the last 3 years in Spain caught more than 50 people suspected of having links with militants.

in addition, the Minister of foreign Affairs confirmed to MPs that Spain is ready to assist US in the battle with militants grouping " Islamic state in Iraq - as well as among them, to provide military bases, equipment, assist in the transportation, intelligence gathering, stop payment terrorists and to provide humanitarian assistance to Iraq. However, the Minister noted that, taking a conclusion about specific assistance must come from the wishes of the Iraqi authorities and decisions of the UNSC resolution. Direct participation of the Spanish military operations in Iraq, margallo called " improbable ".

first of leader Barack Obama outlined his strategy for combating terrorist group " Islamic state " (former name " Islamic state of Iraq and the Levant ", IGIL), which Some time ago very quickly intensified its activities in Iraq and occupied a vast territory, announcing the creation of so-called Islamic Caliphate. Before this group was active in the area of Syria, where it is fighting against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. According to the Obama strategy, IG will be destroyed because of the air strikes, as well as to strengthen support of the Iraqi Security forces and the moderate Syrian opposition.

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