Spanish police have arrested 8 people suspected of recruiting fighters for al-Qaeda-linked groups in Syria.<br/> <br />They were arrested on Friday in Ceuta, an autonomous Spanish city in North Africa.<br/> <br />The group is accused of recruiting, indoctrinating and financing the travel of jihadist fighters sent to Syria.<br/> <br />Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz said on Saturday that some of the volunteers ended up as fighters for the Islamist Nusra Front.<br/> <br />Nusra's brigades have led some of the most successful rebel offensives against President Bashar al-Assad's forces but the group was formally designated a terrorist organisation by Washington six months ago.<br/> <br />The suspects were flown to Madrid and will appear in court on Monday.
