Spain closes airspace to US military: Report

Spain has stopped any warplanes linked to the U.S. and Israeli war in Iran flying over its territory, according to a new report.

Madrid has shuttered its airspace to any American aircraft stationed in other countries, like the U.K., Spanish newspaper El País reported on Monday, citing unnamed military sources. The country had already barred Washington from using two key airbases in southern Spain.

Spain’s left-wing prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has openly condemned U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran since the start of the war on February 28, which has sparked more than a month of retaliatory attacks by Iran across the Middle East while U.S. and Israeli troops continue targeting the country. Sánchez has branded the conflict an “illegal war.”

Spanish government officials quickly said the U.S. would not be allowed to use the jointly-operated Rota and Morón bases near the southern cities of Cádiz and Seville to attack Iran, while flight-tracking data showed more than a dozen U.S. aircraft left the two facilities within days of the start of the war.

This is a developing story and will be updated.