Last week, a new terrorist group emerged in Europe with suspected ties to the Iranian regime. Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiyya (the Islamic Movement of the Companions of the Right) has claimed responsibility for four attacks on Jewish targets across the continent.
A synagogue in Liège, Belgium, was the first target of an explosive attack on Monday. An arson at a Rotterdam synagogue followed on Friday night and the next evening an explosive was detonated at a Jewish school in Amsterdam.
Several sources on Wednesday linked an additional attack on a Jewish site in Greece to the group, although no details were given about the target or method of attack.
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The scene of an explosion at the synagogue in rue Leon Fredericq, in Liège on March 9, 2026. The synagogue was hit by an explosion around 4 a.m. A previously unknown terrorist group, Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiyya, claimed responsibility.
He said the war in Iran likely forced the group, whoever is behind it, to launch these attacks. Truzman said he was “suspicious.”[s] this organization is run” and that there is “an entity behind it.”
Truzman says he suspects the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) itself, which he says has been “active in Europe” and “has been trying to eliminate or kill dissidents.” Although he does not discount the fact that they are part of an Iraqi militia group.
A pedestrian walks past a synagogue on ABN Davidsplein in Rotterdam, western Netherlands, on March 13, 2026, after an arson attack. A previously unknown terrorist group, Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiyya, claimed responsibility. (Media TV via ANP/AFP via Getty Images)
In addition to anticipating further attacks from Ashab al-Yamin, Truzman said he is concerned that “the spread of [terror] online videos can incite other people to commit anti-Semitic attacks” in Europe. According to Truzman, Ashab al-Yamin’s videos are “beginning to gain popularity. They’re starting to get the insights, and people are seeing it. And perhaps those who are already radicalized or are becoming radicalized will be influenced by these videos and commit an anti-Semitic attack or an attack on a Jewish site.”
He said the attacks were “usually uncomplicated, but things can change and they can also target people during the day when it is busy.” So far, all attacks have taken place at night.
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The Israeli Foreign Ministry reported on X that the group had ties to the regime in Tehran. “A jihadist group linked to an Iranian proxy” was responsible for the series of attacks. They noted that “the IRGC continues to sponsor and export terror around the world.”
Bystanders are increasingly linking the attacks to the war in Iran. The World Jewish Congress sounded the alarm bells about Ashab al-Yamin on X, stating that “security analysts believe the group may be part of Iran’s growing network of proxy actors operating far beyond the Middle East.” Congress called on governments to “treat this threat with the seriousness it deserves, dismantle the networks behind these attacks, and ensure that Jewish communities can live and worship in safety.”
Amichai Chikli, Israel’s Diaspora Affairs Minister, called the attacks “part of a disturbing pattern.” He explained that “terror networks linked to the Iranian axis are trying to expand their sphere of activity into European cities and Jewish communities.”
Military members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) in western Tehran, Iran (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
The State Department did not respond to questions about whether it had previously monitored Ashab al-Yamin, or whether it planned to issue a warning to Americans traveling abroad to avoid Jewish institutions.
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Israel’s National Security Council recently warned its citizens traveling abroad to conceal objects that could identify them as Israeli or Jewish and to “avoid visiting places identified as Jewish or Israeli” after the first of three synagogue shootings in Toronto in early March.
