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Military deployments Spain, in 6 editions.
The entry for Spain published Military deployments in 6 editions of 36, from 2020 to 2025. The text changed in 5 editions. Each is shown as published. Military deployments in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 5
- the first edition with it
- 2020
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Military deployments” (2020 to 2025).
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2025 edition
Changed since 2024- 150 Iraq (training mission, counter-ISIS coalition);
- 350 Latvia (NATO);
- 600 Lebanon (UNIFIL);
- 180 Mali (EUTM);
- 150 Turkey (NATO) (2020)
150 Iraq (training mission, counter-ISIS coalition); 350 Latvia (NATO); 600 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 180 Mali (EUTM); 150 Turkey (NATO) (2020)
- approximately 200 Iraq (training mission, counter-ISIS coalition);
- 350 Latvia (NATO);
- 625 Lebanon (UNIFIL);
- approximately 400 Mali (EUTM);
- 150 Turkey (NATO) (2021)
150 approximately 200 Iraq (training mission, counter-ISIS coalition); 350 Latvia (NATO); 600 625 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 180 approximately 400 Mali (EUTM); 150 Turkey (NATO) (2020) (2021)
- approximately 200 Iraq (NATO/EU training assistance);
- up to 600 Latvia (NATO);
- 650 Lebanon (UNIFIL);
- approximately 200 Romania (NATO);
- approximately 500 Mali (EUTM);
- 150 Turkey (NATO) (2022)
note: in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, some NATO countries, including Spain, have sent additional troops and equipment to the battlegroups deployed in NATO territory in eastern Europe
Rewritten: too little of the 2021 text remains to mark the changes.
approximately 200 Iraq (NATO/EU training assistance); up to 600 Latvia (NATO); 650 Lebanon (UNIFIL); approximately 200 Romania (NATO); approximately 500 Mali (EUTM); 150 Turkey (NATO) (2022)
note: in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, some NATO countries, including Spain, have sent additional troops and equipment to the battlegroups deployed in NATO territory in eastern Europe
- approximately 200 Iraq (NATO/EU training assistance);
- up to 600 Latvia (NATO);
- 650 Lebanon (UNIFIL);
- approximately 200 Romania (NATO);
- approximately 500 Mali (EUTM);
- 150 Turkey (NATO) (2023)
note 1: as of 2023, up to 3,000 Spanish soldiers and civil guards were deployed on 17 missions on four continents
note 2: in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, some NATO countries, including Spain, have sent additional troops and equipment to the battlegroups deployed in NATO territory in eastern Europe
approximately 200 Iraq (NATO/EU training assistance); up to 600 Latvia (NATO); 650 Lebanon (UNIFIL); approximately 200 Romania (NATO); approximately 500 Mali (EUTM); 150 Turkey (NATO) (2022) (2023)note: note 1: as of 2023, up to 3,000 Spanish soldiers and civil guards were deployed on 17 missions on four continents
note 2: in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, some NATO countries, including Spain, have sent additional troops and equipment to the battlegroups deployed in NATO territory in eastern Europe
- Spain has up to 3,000 military personnel deployed on 17 missions supporting the EU, NATO, and the UN on four continents, as well as naval missions in the Mediterranean and the seas off the Horn of Africa;
- its largest deployments are up to 700 troops in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and about 1,700 personnel in Eastern Europe supporting NATO missions in Latvia, Romania, and Slovakia (2024)
Rewritten: too little of the 2023 text remains to mark the changes.
Spain has up to 3,000 military personnel deployed on 17 missions supporting the EU, NATO, and the UN on four continents, as well as naval missions in the Mediterranean and the seas off the Horn of Africa; its largest deployments are up to 700 troops in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and about 1,700 personnel in Eastern Europe supporting NATO missions in Latvia, Romania, and Slovakia (2024)
- Spain has up to 3,000 military personnel deployed on 17 missions supporting the EU, NATO, and the UN on four continents, as well as naval missions in the Mediterranean and the seas off the Horn of Africa;
- its largest deployments are up to 700 troops in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and about 1,700 personnel in Eastern Europe supporting NATO missions in Latvia, Romania, and Slovakia (2025)
Spain has up to 3,000 military personnel deployed on 17 missions supporting the EU, NATO, and the UN on four continents, as well as naval missions in the Mediterranean and the seas off the Horn of Africa; its largest deployments are up to 700 troops in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and about 1,700 personnel in Eastern Europe supporting NATO missions in Latvia, Romania, and Slovakia (2024) (2025)
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Spain: Military deployments.” The World Factbook, 2020–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/spain/military-deployments.