ASIO director-general Mike Burgess says Australians living overseas—linked to Iran and Iraq—directed firebombing attacks on Jewish targets in Australia. Burgess alleges that individuals based abroad coordinated the domestic attacks, including an arson incident targeting a Jewish deli in Sydney and another targeting a synagogue in Melbourne. According to reporting, the overseas-linked Australians are presented as orchestrating the attacks rather than acting only locally. The allegations relate to attacks on Jewish community sites, with investigators treating them as connected. The accounts also indicate that the claims come from Burgess during ASIO-related commentary. Both outlets describe the same core incident pattern—firebombings directed at Jewish sites—while differing only in the specificity of wording and framing. No additional outcomes such as arrests, charges, or court proceedings are included in the provided excerpts.