
Basel Ghalyoun (born 1980) is a Syrian member of Al-Qaeda who is responsible for the 2004 Madrid train bombings.
Biography[]
Ghalyoun was born in Syria in 1980, and came to Spain in the late 1990s for engineering studies. He became an associate of Al-Qaeda and housed the bombers in the 2004 Madrid train bombings, and recruited members of the Madrid cell of Al-Qaeda from local mosques.