{"id":104179,"date":"2026-10-14T17:11:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T17:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-look-at-the-iran-and-russia-linked-hybrid-attacks-the-u-k-spy-chief-says-are-flourishing\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T17:11:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T17:11:24","slug":"a-look-at-the-iran-and-russia-linked-hybrid-attacks-the-u-k-spy-chief-says-are-flourishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-look-at-the-iran-and-russia-linked-hybrid-attacks-the-u-k-spy-chief-says-are-flourishing\/","title":{"rendered":"A look at the Iran and Russia-linked hybrid attacks the U.K. spy chief says are flourishing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>London <\/em>\u2014 The head of Britain&#8217;s top domestic spy agency MI5, Sir Ken McCallum, painted a dark picture Tuesday of the changing national security threats facing the U.K. and the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have entered a new era of national security, requiring a new response,&#8221; he said in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mi5.gov.uk\/mi5-director-general-delivers-annual-threat-update\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">annual threat update<\/a> at MI5 headquarters in London.\u00a0 &#8220;Those who mean the U.K. harm aren&#8217;t attacking things government owns or controls \u2026 They&#8217;re aiming at people, businesses, communities.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>McCallum said that among state threats, &#8220;Russia remains aggressor number one,&#8221; while intelligence analysts have also seen a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/iran-harder-targets-military-sites-sabotage-attacks-uk-spy-chief\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">&#8220;major shift&#8221; in &#8220;Iranian ambitions<\/a><\/span> to come at harder targets.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Both countries, he said, have adopted more and evolving &#8220;hybrid tactics&#8221; as they target everything from air force bases to synagogues across the U.K. and Europe. Below is a look at some of the incidents that fit that description over the last year alone.<\/p>\n<h2>Iran<\/h2>\n<p>Iran has used and continues &#8220;using criminal proxies to try to intimidate oppositionists, Iranian media organizations, and Israeli sites,&#8221; McCallum said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But analysts have also seen &#8220;Iran, like Russia, attempting to expand their hybrid campaign,&#8221; he said, leading to more than 50 arrests in the U.K. over the last year alone.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sadly, much of this aggression has been aimed at British Jewish communities,&#8221; McCallum said, speaking of incidents this year that included &#8220;a wave of arson and sabotage incidents targeting Jewish communities in the U.K. and other European nations,&#8221; but also acts targeting &#8220;harder targets, like military sites.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Many of these attacks were claimed by a group calling itself Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiya (HAYI), or the Islamic Movement of the Companions of the Right, which U.K. authorities have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/joint-statement-on-iranian-state-threats-and-hayi-claimed-attacks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sanctioned and said is tied directly to<\/a> the elite Quds Force of Iran&#8217;s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which Britain considers a terrorist organization.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/04\/29\/bda5401a-4723-47c8-b33d-2b79aaa76256\/thumbnail\/620x413\/51d110eb0961f0d7c4431dbbaf1325ae\/london-golders-green-2267706682.jpg#\" alt=\"BRITAIN-POLITICS-CRIME-ARSON \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/04\/29\/bda5401a-4723-47c8-b33d-2b79aaa76256\/thumbnail\/620x413\/51d110eb0961f0d7c4431dbbaf1325ae\/london-golders-green-2267706682.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/04\/29\/bda5401a-4723-47c8-b33d-2b79aaa76256\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/515719c2b870993ebd499342d70eed21\/london-golders-green-2267706682.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A member of the Jewish community walks past the scene of an antisemitic arson attack in the Golders Green neighborhood of North London, England, March 24, 2026, a day after ambulances run by the Jewish organization Hatzola were set on fire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Henry NICHOLLS\/AFP\/Getty<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A CBS News investigation in March found the group <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/europe-antisemitism-attacks-group-threatens-us-israel-interests-worldwide\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">appeared to have links to Iran<\/a><\/span>, and a member said it would &#8220;keep threatening U.S. and Israeli interests worldwide until we&#8217;ve avenged every child in Gaza, Iran, Lebanon, and the resistance nations \u2026 We urge people to stay away from Zionist and American interests and individuals to keep themselves safe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>These Iran-linked attacks include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Li\u00e8ge, Belgium: March 9<\/strong>. An <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/europe-antisemitism-iran-war-belgium-italy-deploy-soldiers-jewish-sites\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">explosive device detonated at a synagogue<\/a><\/span>, causing no casualties. Attack <a href=\"https:\/\/icct.nl\/publication\/hybrid-threat-signals-assessing-possible-iranian-involvement-recent-attacks-europe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed by HAYI<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rotterdam, The Netherlands: March 13<\/strong>. The <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/europe-antisemitism-attacks-group-threatens-us-israel-interests-worldwide\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">firebombing of a synagogue<\/a><\/span>. Attack <a href=\"https:\/\/icct.nl\/publication\/hybrid-threat-signals-assessing-possible-iranian-involvement-recent-attacks-europe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed by HAYI<\/a>. Dutch authorities say they&#8217;re <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/netherlands-probing-if-rotterdam-synagogue-attack-has-iran-link-minister-says-2026-03-17\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">investigating Iranian links<\/a> to the incident.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Amsterdam, The Netherlands: March 14<\/strong>. A device <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/jewish-school-amsterdam-attack-explosion\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">detonated outside a Jewish school<\/a><\/span>. Attack <a href=\"https:\/\/icct.nl\/publication\/hybrid-threat-signals-assessing-possible-iranian-involvement-recent-attacks-europe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed by HAYI<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Golders Green, London: March 23<\/strong>. Four ambulances belonging to a Jewish volunteer ambulance service <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/suspected-antisemitic-hate-crime-4-ambulances-jewish-group-fire-london\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">set on fire<\/a><\/span>. Attack <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/national-security-state-threats-act-2026-factsheet\/national-security-state-threats-act-2026-factsheet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed by HAYI<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Antwerp, Belgium: March 24<\/strong>. A <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/europe-antisemitism-attacks-group-threatens-us-israel-interests-worldwide\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">car set on fire<\/a><\/span> in a Jewish quarter of the city. Attack claimed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hln.be\/antwerpen\/beelden-van-brandstichting-in-joodse-wijk-in-antwerpen-werden-vannacht-al-snel-gedeeld-in-telegram-kanaal-van-terreurgroep~a314a4f5\/?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fsacc-ejc.org%2F&amp;slug_rd=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HAYI<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Paris, France: March 28<\/strong>. 17-year-old allegedly tries to <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/france-paris-police-foil-attack-bank-of-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">place an explosive device at the Bank of America headquarters<\/a><\/span>. French authorities <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/finance\/france-suspects-pro-iranian-group-hayi-was-behind-foiled-attack-bank-america-2026-04-01\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suspect HAYI<\/a> was behind the attack, though the link was not confirmed.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nijkerk, The Netherlands: April 4<\/strong>. A <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/netherlands-police-explosion-pro-israel-christian-center\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">device detonated<\/a><\/span> outside the premises of a group called Christians For Israel. Attack <a href=\"https:\/\/ejpress.org\/dutch-police-investigate-explosion-at-pro-israel-christian-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed by HAYI<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Finchley, London: April 15<\/strong>. <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/arson-attack-london-kenton-united-synagogue-antisemitism\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Molotov cocktails and a brick<\/a><\/span> thrown at Finchley Reform Synagogue. Attack <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fdd.org\/analysis\/iran-linked-group-ashab-al-yamin-surges-attacks-in-european-cities-claims-15-since-march\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed by HAYI<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Park Royal, London: April 15<\/strong>. An attempted arson attack against Persian-language news outlet <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/iran-international-the-news-outlet-tehran-targets-60-minutes\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Iran International<\/a><\/span>. Responsibility for the incident was never claimed. In March 2024, a journalist\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/iran-international-london-stabbing-pouria-zeraati-journalist-suspects-flee-uk\/news.com\/news\/iran-international-london-stabbing-pouria-zeraati-journalist-suspects-flee-uk\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">for the channel, Pouria Zeraati, was stabbed<\/a> outside his home in London.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2024\/apr\/18\/eastern-european-mercenaries-suspected-of-stabbing-iranian-journalist-in-london\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to The Guardian<\/a>, counterterrorism police and security services in Britain believed the Iranian regime used criminal proxies to carry out the attack.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hendon, London: April 17<\/strong>. Attempted arson at the former premises of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2026\/apr\/18\/counter-terror-police-investigate-arson-attack-in-london\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">charity Jewish Futures<\/a>. Attack <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2026\/apr\/18\/london-synagogue-antisemitism-finchley-communities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed by HAYI<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Harrow, London: April 18\u201319<\/strong>.<strong> <\/strong>A suspected arson attack at a synagogue in Harrow, then a bottle containing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c4gdmee362ko\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accelerant was thrown at the Kenton United Synagogue<\/a> a day later. Attack <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/arson-attempt-hits-london-synagogue-iran-linked-group-claims-attack-on-jewish-tied-building\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed by HAYI<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Golders Green, London: April \u00a029<\/strong>. Two Hasidic Jewish men <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2026\/apr\/29\/golders-green-attack-claim-highlights-rise-of-shadowy-iran-linked-group\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stabbed in the north of the capital<\/a>. Attack <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/uk\/crime\/article\/what-happened-golders-green-stabbing-attack-london-nh7g9cpcx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed by HAYI<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>RAF Fairford, England: Sept. 27. <\/strong>Suspected plot involving <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/raf-fairford-uk-air-base-7th-arrest-suspicion-terrorism\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">British base used by U.S. bombers to strike Iran<\/a><\/span>. Gasoline was found in vehicles, but no viable explosives. British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said the incident was &#8220;<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/iran-harder-targets-military-sites-sabotage-attacks-uk-spy-chief\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">almost certainly<\/a><\/span>&#8221; directed by Iran.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Manchester, England: Oct. 2.<\/strong> Two <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/2-iranians-charged-planning-terror-attack-manchester-jewish-community-uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Iranian nationals are charged with terrorism offenses<\/a><\/span> following an alleged <a href=\"https:\/\/news.met.police.uk\/news\/two-men-charged-with-suspected-terror-plot-targeting-jewish-community-in-manchester-513537\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">plot targeting a Jewish community<\/a>\u00a0in the northern city of Manchester.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Russia<\/h2>\n<p>For now, Russia remains the biggest threat to security, according to the U.K. spy chief&#8217;s Tuesday briefing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Russian military and intelligence services are once again escalating their attempts at hybrid warfare,&#8221; McCallum said, adding that Moscow was &#8220;being careful to stay below the NATO Article 5 threshold&#8221; with its actions, which would trigger the alliance&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nato.int\/en\/what-we-do\/introduction-to-nato\/collective-defence-and-article-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">collective defense principle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;d be foolish for them to cross&#8221; that line, he said, and so far Russia &#8220;is using tactics that stop short \u2013 though sometimes not much short \u2013 of conventional conflict.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Incidents linked to Russia this year include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Off Vaindloo Island, Estonia: March 19<\/strong>. Russian SU-30 fighter <a href=\"https:\/\/theaviationist.com\/2026\/03\/20\/russian-su-30-violates-estonian-airspace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">allegedly violates Estonian airspace<\/a> \u2013 NATO scrambles aircraft in response.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hutthurm, Germany: March<\/strong>. Authorities thwarted a Russian-ordered assassination attempt targeting the head of a Germany defense company, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zeit.de\/2026\/34\/stefan-thumann-donaustahl-russischer-geheimdienst-attentat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Die Zeit<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Norwegian waters, near the U.K.: Reported April 9<\/strong>. The U.K. and Norway deployed military vessels to deter Russian submarines found to have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/uk\/uk-tracked-russian-submarines-north-atlantic-month-2026-04-09\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lingered for over a month<\/a> from attacking undersea cables. Over the last few years there have been several incidents of <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/russia-alleged-hybrid-warfare-undersea-cables\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">alleged Russian sabotage of such cables<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Labege, France: June 1<\/strong>. Molotov cocktails thrown at a drone factory that supplies the French and Ukrainian armed forces. French authorities are investigating Russian links, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/en\/france\/article\/2026\/06\/20\/russia-s-shadow-looms-behind-several-sabotage-and-espionage-attempts-on-french-soil_6754683_7.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Le Monde<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Leipzig, Germany: Aug. 4<\/strong>. An explosive-laden drone is found near cargo facilities and Ukrainian aircraft. German authorities explicitly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bundesregierung.de\/breg-de\/aktuelles\/reaktion-angriff-leipzig-2451522\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attributed the incident to Russia<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Skarzysko-Kamienna, Poland: August<\/strong>. Fire at a WB Electronics factory that produces drones and other military components. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebu.ch\/news\/2026\/09\/new-cross-border-investigation-uncovers-russian-directed-network-of-disposable-agents-behind-european-sabotage-attacks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EBU reports<\/a> that authorities believe Russia used &#8220;low-level operatives&#8221; to carry out the attack, but authorities <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/prokuratura-krajowa\/wszczecie-sledztwa-w-sprawie-pozaru-w-skarzysku-kamiennej\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">do not identify those responsible<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tallinn, Estonia: Aug. 15<\/strong>. Arson attack on Milrem Robotics, a defense company that supplies robotic military vehicles to Ukraine. Estonian authorities <a href=\"https:\/\/valitsus.ee\/en\/news\/russia-responsible-arson-attack-milrem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attributed the attack to Russia<\/a> in late September.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Swindon, England: Sept. 9<\/strong>. Joshua Cammidge charged over allegedly sharing locations of drone factories with people linked to Russian military intelligence and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cps.gov.uk\/national-news\/news\/man-charged-assisting-gru-volunteer-corps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">offering to carry out sabotage attacks<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wola Krobowska, Poland: Sept. 23<\/strong>.<strong> <\/strong>Arson attack on a Starlink satellite ground station, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/prokuratura-krajowa\/wszczecie-sledztwa-w-sprawie-pozaru-stacji-starlink-w-woli-krobowskiej.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Poland officially blames on Russia<\/a> in October.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lithuania, September<\/strong>.<strong> <\/strong>Drone carrying explosive device crossed Belarusian border is shot down by NATO aircraft. Italian defense minister says it &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2026\/sep\/15\/denmark-ukraine-russia-warship-frigate-security-lithuania-poland--sweden-election-eu-europe-latest-news-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-6aa93a368f086536bb6eecab#block-6aa93a368f086536bb6eecab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">most probably<\/a>&#8221; came from Russia.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Denmark: Oct. 7<\/strong>. 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