Europe's Jewish targets face coordinated attacks; Iran suspected of hybrid warfare tactics

Jewish communities across Europe targeted in arson attacks creating direct threat to civilian safety and religious freedom.

Across Europe, synagogues have become targets in a pattern of arson attacks that security officials are struggling to attribute to isolated extremism or something more deliberate and far-reaching. London's Metropolitan Police is investigating possible Iranian involvement, raising the specter of hybrid warfare — the use of proxy actors to achieve strategic ends while the directing hand remains obscured. The United Kingdom has raised its national threat level to 'severe,' a signal that those entrusted with public safety believe this is not random violence but a coordinated campaign against Jewis

Europe's Jewish targets face coordinated attacks; Iran suspected of hybrid warfare tactics

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