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The Hunt: Manchester synagogue attacker pledged allegiance to ISIS

British police say Jihad Al-Shamie, the 35-year-old man who attacked a synagogue in the U.K. city of Manchester, called emergency services during the attack, saying he did it for ISIS.

On this week’s episode of “The Hunt with WTOP National Security Correspondent JJ Green,” Dr. Hans Jakob-Schindler, senior director at the Counter Extremism Project, discusses the growing resurgence of ISIS and other terror groups.

Analysis: 2025 sees drastic changes in global security dynamics. Can democracies keep up?

As 2025 closes, the defining highlight in global security is not a single war but a systemic shift in how power is exercised and conflict is fought. The world moved further away from formally declared wars and deeper into sustained confrontation, with gray-zone pressure, cyber intrusions, economic coercion and political warfare becoming the norm.
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