'Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiya' and Claimed Attacks on Jewish Targets in Europe

One of the wider consequences of the U.S. and Israeli war against Iran has been a rise in reported attacks on perceived ‘Zionist’ and ‘American’ targets in Europe. These attacks- spanning from Greece to Britain- have been claimed on social media by a group called Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiya (‘Islamic Movement of the People of the Right’). The concept of ‘Ashab al-Yamin’ (‘People of the Right’) is ultimately derived from the Qur’an and refers to the believers who will go to Paradise.

Attacks claimed thus far by the group include:

- Attack on a synagogue in Liege, Belgium (claimed 9 March).
- Attack on a ‘Zionist target’ in Greece with an IED (claimed 11 March).
- Attack on a synagogue in Rotterdam, Netherlands (claimed 13 March).
- Attack on a synagogue in Amsterdam, Netherlands (claimed 14 March).
- Attack on the World Trade Center in Amsterdam, Netherlands (claimed 16 March, within the framework of going after American-linked targets).
- More recently, attacking a synagogue in London (claimed 23 March).