A previously unknown organization called the Islamic Movement of the Companions of the Right claimed responsibility for an explosion that targeted a synagogue in Liège, Belgium, and another unconfirmed attack at an unknown location in Greece this week. It is unclear if the organization is authentic, but recent Iranian threats aimed at European countries over the war could indicate a connection to the Islamic Republic.

UK authorities declared that a car-ramming and stabbing attack at a Manchester synagogue was an act of terrorism. Police said the suspect murdered two people and wounded others before being shot and killed by law enforcement.

Four years after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, the threat posed by the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) has expanded beyond the region, now endangering both America and Europe. With the group actively recruiting and transferring fighters across borders, regional actors such as the Taliban, Iran, Tajikistan, and Pakistan have proven unable to curb its growth.

Robin Simcox joins hosts Tom Joscelyn and Bill Roggio to discuss the ongoing jihadist threat in Europe and efforts to combat extremism in the U.K. and elsewhere. Simcox is the director of the London-based Counter Extremism Group.

As Terrorism Suspects Are Detained in Europe, Scope of Challenge Is Highlighted
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Jabhat al-Nusra tank commander sees little alternative to group
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Islamic State’s female bloggers draw European women to Syria
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NATO launches Afghan training mission Resolute Support
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Russia claims Islamic State is supplying half of all Afghan heroin coming to Europe
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Europe, facing multiple threats, still isn’t spending on defense
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Samantha Power, US Ambassador, Issues Warning on Anti-Semitism in Europe
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US urges Europe, Asia to do more for UN peacekeeping
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European women convert, join IS
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Ground operation in Syria ‘not realistic’, says Turkey
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Europe Tries to Stop Flow of Citizens Joining Jihad
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Syria’s Qaeda chief warns West against continued strikes
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Al Qaeda’s Khorasan cell is ‘clear and present danger’ to commercial flights, US official says
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‘3,000 European jihadis’ now in Syria, Iraq
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CIA halts spying in Europe
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Testimony to the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats on the threat posed by Islamist foreign fighters returning home to Europe.
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For James Foley’s Family, US Policy Offered No Hope
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Kurds in Europe Take up Arms Against IS Group
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Europe blind to Islamic State’s true threat
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When will the US, Europe wake up to the threat of radical Islam?
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Patriarchs decry Christian exodus, demand UN act
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The Israeli-Palestinian conflict spills into Europe with protests, anti-Jewish slogans
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Paying Ransoms, Europe Bankrolls Qaeda Terror
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