Inside the new 'ghost proxy' terror group 'we need to take seriously'

Australia would be the "perfect" target for a fledgling Islamist terror network that has carried out multiple antisemitic attacks in Europe, the United Kingdom and Canada, experts have warned. Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia, or HAYI, first emerged online in March and has so far professed to be behind about 20 acts of violence against Jewish people, buildings and symbols.Authorities in the United States, and experts in multiple countries, have identified numerous connections between HAYI and Iran.But this group behaves differently to the Islamic Republic's chief militant proxies, such as Hamas and Hezbollah, and established jihadi organisations elsewhere, such as Islamic State and Al Qaeda.HAYI has been described as a "ghost proxy" for Iran "Most of the perpetrators of these attacks appear to be financially motivated, and some of them claimed not to know who they were ultimately working for."Initially, HAYI used the encrypted messaging service Telegram to publicise its activities, but the platform has since taken the group's channel down."I think foreign governments should be concerned about the phenomenon, and the idea other groups might look at it and think, 'OK, this tactic works