New terror group with reported Iran ties claims 4 attacks across Europe

A caller violent group pinch suspected links to nan Iranian authorities emerged successful Europe past week. Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiyya (The Islamic Movement of nan Companions of nan Right) has claimed work for 4 attacks connected Jewish targets crossed nan continent.

A synagogue successful Liège, Belgium, was nan first target of an explosive onslaught connected Monday. An arson onslaught connected a Rotterdam synagogue followed overnight connected Friday and an explosive instrumentality was group disconnected astatine a Jewish schoolhouse successful Amsterdam nan adjacent evening.

Several sources person linked an further onslaught astatine a Jewish tract successful Greece connected Wednesday pinch nan group, though nary specifics were fixed astir nan target aliases method of attack.

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The segment of an detonation astatine nan synagogue successful nan rue Leon Fredericq, successful Liege connected March 9, 2026. The synagogue was deed astatine astir 4am by a blast. A antecedently chartless violent group, Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiyya, claimed responsibility.

Joe Truzman, elder investigation expert astatine nan Foundation for Defense of Democracies and editor of nan FDD’s Long War Journal, told Fox News Digital that erstwhile he saw nan connection from nan statement pursuing their Monday attack, he "thought it was a small spot amateurish." Truzman said that aft videos from nan group became to emerge, he "realized that there's astir apt thing much present to this organization."

He said that nan war successful Iran has apt "compelled nan group, for whoever is down this, to commencement launching these attacks." Truzman said he "suspect[s] this statement is being directed" and that location is "an entity down it." 

Truzman says he suspects nan Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) itself, which he says "has been progressive successful Europe" and has "attempted to destruct aliases assassinate dissidents." Though he does not discount them being entity of an Iraqi militia group.

A pedestrian walks past a synagogue connected ABN Davidsplein successful Rotterdam, occidental Netherlands connected March 13, 2026 aft an arson attack. A formerly chartless violent group, Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiyya, claimed responsibility. (Media TV via ANP / AFP via Getty Images)

In summation to anticipating further attacks from Ashab al-Yamin, Truzman said that he is concerned that "the dissemination of [terror] videos online whitethorn compel different group to perpetrate antisemitic attacks" successful Europe. According to Truzman, Ashab al-Yamin’s videos are "starting to summation traction. They're starting to get nan views, and group are seeing it. And possibly nan ones that are radicalized already aliases are going to beryllium radicalized, whitethorn beryllium influenced by these videos, and whitethorn perpetrate an antisemitic onslaught aliases an onslaught connected a Jewish site."

He said that nan attacks "have been mostly unsophisticated, but things whitethorn change, and they whitethorn commencement targeting people, too, during nan day, erstwhile it's busy." So acold each attacks person travel astatine night.

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Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs posted connected X that nan group was tied to nan authorities successful Tehran. "A jihadi group tied to an Iranian proxy" was responsible for nan drawstring of attacks. They noted that "the IRGC continues to sponsor and export panic crossed nan globe."

Onlookers are progressively tying nan attacks backmost to nan warfare successful Iran. The World Jewish Congress raised siren bells astir Ashab al-Yamin connected X, stating that "security analysts judge nan group whitethorn beryllium portion of Iran’s expanding web of proxy actors operating acold beyond nan Middle East." The Congress called connected governments to "treat this threat pinch nan seriousness it deserves, dismantle nan networks down these attacks, and guarantee Jewish communities tin unrecorded and believe successful safety."

Amichai Chikli, Israel’s Diaspora Affairs Minister, called nan attacks "part of a troubling pattern." He explained that "terror networks linked to nan Iranian axis are trying to grow their arena of activity into European cities and Jewish communities."

Military members of nan Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) successful occidental Tehran, Iran (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

The State Department did not respond to questions astir whether it had antecedently been search Ashab al-Yamin, aliases if it planned to rumor a informing to Americans walking overseas to debar Jewish institutions, but an alert from nan U.S. embassy successful nan Netherlands connected Monday warned, "Following caller targeted explosive incidents successful nan Netherlands and successful different awesome European cities, nan U.S. Mission to nan Netherlands reminds U.S. citizens to support bully individual information practices and workout heightened situational awareness, accordant pinch nan Department of State’s recent Worldwide Caution alert."

The alert added, "As noted successful the Travel Advisory for nan Netherlands, violent groups proceed plotting imaginable attacks successful nan Netherlands. Terrorists whitethorn onslaught pinch small aliases nary warning, targeting tourer locations, proscription hubs, markets/shopping malls, section authorities facilities, hotels, clubs, restaurants, places of worship, parks, awesome sporting and taste events, acquisition institutions, airports, and different nationalist areas."

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Israel’s National Security Council precocious warned its citizens walking overseas to conceal items that mightiness place them arsenic Israeli aliases Jewish and to "avoid visiting sites identified arsenic Jewish aliases Israeli" pursuing nan first of three shootings astatine Toronto synagogues successful early March.