A man has been arrested and charged with allegedly trying to burn down an inner Sydney synagogue after counter-terrorism police were called in to investigate the suspected antisemitic attack.Two masked and hooded men were captured on CCTV spraying swastika symbols on the Newtown Synagogue before pouring clear accelerant on the building and lighting it on the evening of January 11.

NSW Police have tightened their crackdown on alleged anti-Semitic vandals, charging a second suspect in the attempted arson of Newtown synagogue with property damage and displaying Nazi symbols.

A man is charged over an attempt to set fire to a synagogue in Sydney's inner west earlier this month in an attack in which several red swastikas were also graffitied along the front fence.

Authorities in Australia are investigating the defacement of a Sydney synagogue as a potential arson attack, marking the latest crime targeting the Oceania's Jewish community in recent weeks.

Police have arrested a second man over a graffiti and fire attack on a synagogue as another man is held in custody over the incident.