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A rift between Spain and rump [View all]
March 5, 2026
10:52 AM ET
Miguel Macias
SEVILLE, Spain — A feud is widening between the United States and NATO ally Spain, after the Spanish government reiterated that it would refuse to let U.S. forces use two joint military bases in southern Spain amid the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran.
"Our position has been very clear from Day 1," Spain's defense minister, Margarita Robles, told Cadena SER Radio on Thursday.
Robles contradicted an earlier statement by White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who claimed the Spanish government had shifted its position ...
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/05/nx-s1-5737285/iran-war-spain-trump
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