The men say Spain is the land of their forefathers and that they are prepared to die for their so-called Islamic State.

The video of two men claiming to be militants from the ISIL has taken the Spanish media by storm. The minute-long footage shows them speaking in Spanish, and saying that ISIL will take over Spain.

“I tell you, Spain is the land of our forefathers, and, Allah willing, we are going to liberate it, with the might of Allah,” says one of the extremists. He adds that the group won’t stop at Spain and intends to spread its so-called Islamic Caliphate across the world.

“I say to the entire world as a warning: We are living under the Islamic banner, the Islamic Caliphate. We are going to die for it until we liberate all the occupied lands, from Jakarta to Andalusia,” he said.

The footage has not yet been independently verified, but it would not be the first video released by the group. Last month, ISIL released a propaganda video entitled: “There Is No Life Without Jihad” in which Australian and British members of the group appealed in English for Muslims across the world to join their cause.

The extremist group began to seize control of towns and cities in Iraq at the beginning of June.

The leader of ISIL, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, announced the creation of an Islamic State, or caliphate, encompassing the lands that the group has taken under its control. He also called on Muslims throughout the world to join the cause and fight for ISIL.

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