# Far-Left Terrorist Attacks Have Sharply Increased Since 2016 by the U.S. Department of State > "Since 2016, far-left terrorist plots and attacks have sharply increased in the United States and Europe, with a growing trend of violence against individuals." > **— U.S. Department of State**, *Fact Sheet, July 16, 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Source dossier:** [[research/Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism|Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism]]. - **Direct publication or recording:** [direct publication](https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesman/2026/07/state-department-addresses-international-resurgence-of-far-left-political-terrorism/). - **Editorial form:** The Reminder preserves the prepared contiguous quotation; punctuation and spoken disfluency treatment are recorded in the candidate map when applicable. - **Context and treatment:** The sentence names the governing period, threat activity, U.S. and European domains, direction of change, and violence against individuals as the human consequence; [direct publication](https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesman/2026/07/state-department-addresses-international-resurgence-of-far-left-political-terrorism/), second statistical bullet. Direct contiguous sentence. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]] - **Collection:** [[collections/American|American Culture Collection]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft|The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft]] - **Article:** [[articles/Reframing Antisemitism as a National Security Threat|Reframing Antisemitism as a National Security Threat]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/U.S. Department of State|U.S. Department of State]] - [[wiki/Counterterrorism|Counterterrorism]] - [[wiki/Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism|Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Since 2016, far-left terrorist plots and attacks have sharply increased in the United States and Europe, with a growing trend of violence against individuals." — U.S. Department of State, Fact Sheet, July 16, 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-us-state-department-far-left-terrorist-attacks-have-sharply-increased-since-2016 ```