Islamist terror attacks prevented in the Netherlands

ISIS fighter. Photo: open sources

On December 30, 2025, the Dutch Public Prosecution Service said that a Syrian citizen arrested in mid-December in the city of Vlissingen had been planning a terror attack on Christmas, NL Times reports.

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The 29-year-old suspect "may have been planning to carry out a terrorist attack in Europe and is believed to be a member of Islamic State (ISIS)," prosecutors stated.

In late December, in the same city of Vlissingen, law enforcement arrested a man and a woman in whose home firearms and ammunition were found. Details of that case were not made public.

Another Syrian citizen was detained on November 28. According to prosecutors, “the 33-year-old man was seeking asylum in the Netherlands, and was arrested at a residential facility for other would-be refugees.”

Earlier, the UOJ wrote that an attempt by ISIS militants to attack churches on New Year’s Eve was prevented in Syria.

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