The following are links to reports from MEMRI's Special Dispatch Series and Inquiry and Analysis Series, as well as to transcripts from the MEMRI TV Project, released during the past week.
MEMRI REPORTS
Special Dispatch No. 11772 – Islamic State (ISIS), Al-Qaeda, Iran-Axis Supporters Rejoice Over Los Angeles Wildfires, Promote Hashtag '#America Is Burning', Mock President Trump's Remark On Freeing Hostages In Gaza: 'Is This The Hell Trump Threatened?', January 9, 2025
Special Dispatch No. 11771 – Afghan Taliban Deputy Foreign Minister Ahead Of U.S. President-Elect Donald Trump's Inauguration: 'U.S. And NATO Are Common Enemies Of Afghanistan And Iran, Which Necessitates Stronger Ties Between Kabul And Tehran', January 9, 2025
Special Dispatch No. 11770 – Lebanese Journalist: Hizbullah, Who Bears Sole Responsibility For The Destruction In Lebanon, Is Selling Its Supporters A False Victory, January 9, 2025
MEMRI Daily Brief No. 697 – Will The Anti-U.S. Islamist Pole Of Qatar And Turkish President Erdogan Triumph Under Trump?, January 9, 2025
MEMRI Daily Brief No. 696 – The PFLP Gets a Hollywood Makeover: Once Known for Hijackings, Assassinations, Suicide Attacks, Participation In The October 7 Massacre, And Recent Threats Against The U.S. and Canada – It Is Now Accepted As Mainstream, January 8, 2025
Special Dispatch No. 11769 – Palestinian Journalist: Hamas' October 7 Attack Was The Most Well-Considered Move In The History Of the Conflict And Greatly Benefited The Palestinian Cause, January 8, 2025
MEMRI Daily Brief No. 695 – The Islam Of Prophet Muhammad Versus The Islam Of Afghan Taliban – Which Path To Follow For Justice And Equality For The Women Of Afghanistan?, January 7, 2025
Special Dispatch No. 11768 – Editor Of Qatari Daily: E.U. Due Diligence Legislation Is Aimed At 'Stealing The Resources Of The Peoples', January 7, 2025
MEMRI Daily Brief No. 685 – The Qatar Monitor Project (QMP) – A New MEMRI Project In Defense Of The U.S. And Western World – UPDATED, January 7, 2025
Special Dispatch No. 11767 – Russian Expert Yevgeny Satanovsky: 'The War In Syria Has Been Unambiguously Won Not Just By Local Islamists, But By Turkey And Its Ally – The Emirate Of Qatar', January 6, 2025
MEMRI Daily Brief No. 694 – Everything That Can Be Shaken, Will Be Shaken: The Arriving Post-Liberal Disorder, January 6, 2025
Special Dispatch No. 11766 – Indications That Hizbullah Is Preparing The Ground For Continued Military Action In South Lebanon Under The Guise Of 'Popular Resistance', January 6, 2025
MEMRI TV MONITOR PROJECT
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11738 – Iranian Political Analyst Mosaddeq Mosaddeqpour: Iran Cannot Win A Military War Against America And The West; It Should Fight Them Economically By Closing The Strait Of Hormuz And Bab Al-Mandab, Sky News Arabia (UAE)
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11737 – Syrian Politician, Human Rights Activist, And Former Judge Haitham Al-Maleh: CIA And Israeli Intelligence Did 9/11; Lebanon Is All Syrian Land And It Must Be Returned To Syria, Mekameleen TV (Egypt Muslim Brotherhood from Turkey)
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11736 – Senior Houthi Official Abdullah Al-Na'ami Warns Saudi Arabia, UAE: The United States Is Far Away, We Cannot Attack It Directly, But Your Countries Will Become Battlefields, Al-Alam Network (Iran)
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11735 – Iranian Journalist Bahar Ghandehari Spray-Paints 'Free Iran! Woman, Life, Freedom!' On Iranian Embassy In Damascus, Online Platforms
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11734 – Syrian Actor Duraid Lahham, Formerly Affiliated With The Al-Assad Regime: We Should Accept That Israel Exists, Any Talk Of 'Erasing' It Is Crazy; Perhaps My Great-Grandchildren Will Normalize Relations With Israel, Al-Jazeera Network (Qatar)
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11733 – Lebanese Researcher Makram Rabah: We Should Accept That Hizbullah Is Over And Done With, We Got Rid Of It; We Should Learn From Syria – Their First Priority Is Their Own Country, Not Palestine, Voice of Lebanon
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11732 – Report On Iranian-Owned And Run Port In Astrakhan, Russia: This Is The Most Active Port On The Caspian Sea; It Embodies Cooperation Between Russia And Iran, Channel 1 (Iran)
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11731 – Iran Conducts Air Defense Drill At Natanz Nuclear Facility, Testing Interception Of Missiles, UAV Swarms, And Bunker-Buster Bombs, Channel 1 (Iran)
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11730 – Dearborn Heights, Michigan Shi'ite Scholar Ahmad Qazwini: It Is Impossible To Lose To A Zionist On The Battlefield – Either You Kill Him And He Goes To Hell, Or He Kills You And You Go To Paradise; It's A Win-Win Situation, Online Platforms
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11729 – Charlotte, North Carolina Friday Sermon By Imam Haroon Sait: America Is A Goldmine For Calling Christians To Islam; I Can Do It In Manhattan And Trump, Biden Cannot Stop Me; In 50 Years, Islam Will Be Number One In America, Online Platforms
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11728 – Iranian Shiite Scholar Abbas Abdolrahim Soleimani-Ardestani Criticizes Iranian Defense of the “Ruthless Dictator” Bashar Al-Assad over the Years, Adds: The Syrians Should Seek Democracy Above All - They Should Not Repeat Our Mistakes, Online Platforms
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11727 – Mujtaba Milhem, Son Of A Hizbullah 'Martyr': I Want To Die And Join The Martyrs; My Father Taught Me To Be A Mujahid; I Want To Build Drones And Kill The Enemy – Israel, Germany, America, And Their Supporters, Al-Jadeed TV (Lebanon)
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11726 – 'Sick From Genocide' Protest Outside NYU Tisch Hospital: 'We Don't Want No Zionists Here!'; Prayer Leader Wears Headband Of Hamas's Al-Qassam Brigades, Online Platforms
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11725 – Former Hizbullah Secretary-General Subhi Al-Tufayli: New Syrian Regime Must Cut Off The Head Of The Kurdish Snake; Then Its Problems Will Be Solved, Online Platforms
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11724 – Yasuj, Iran Friday Sermon By Imam Nassir Hosseini: Israel Dropped Nuclear Bombs On Syria; Lack Of Resistance Led To The 'Sad And Bitter' Developments There, Dena TV (Iran)
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11723 – New Syrian Minister Of Justice Shadi Al-Waisi: We Will Not Impose Shari'a Law, But 90% Of Syrians Are Muslims And The New Parliament And Laws Will Reflect This, Alaan TV (UAE)
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11722 – New Syrian Minister Of Justice Shadi Al-Waisi, In 2015 Video, Oversees Execution Of A Woman Accused Of Prostitution – Graphic Content Redacted, Online Platforms
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11721 – Mashhad, Iran Friday Sermon By Khamenei's Representative In The Province Ahmad Alamolhoda: Syria Has Fallen Into The Hands Of The Terrorists, But This Does Not Mean It Is Over; We Will Produce Another Resistance Movement, Khorasan Razavi TV (Iran)
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11720 – At Toronto Vigil Marking 5th Anniversary Of Soleimani's Assassination, Protesters Burn U.S., Israel, Marine Corps Flags, Chant: Down, Down Trump! Death To America! Death To Israel!, Online Platforms
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11719 – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi: My Visit To China Reflects The Significance Of The Strategic Partnership Between Our Countries; China Plays An Important Role In Middle East Diplomacy, CGTN Network (China)
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11718 – Chinese President Xi Jinping Inspects PLA Garrison In Macao After Inaugurating New Macao Administration, Online Platforms
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11717 – Syrian Islamic Scholar Sheikh Mustafa Al-Joulani: The Russians, Shi'ites, And Alawites Will Burn In Hellfire; They Wanted To Turn Damascus Into A Shi'ite City; We Will Hunt These Rats Down And Trample Them Underfoot, Online Platforms
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11716 – Spanish Economist Daniel Lacalle, Member Of MEMRI Board Of Advisors, On China’s Economy: Growth In Retail, Industrial Production, And Fixed Investment – Despite Challenges In The Real Estate Sector – Indicate An Economy Stronger Than It May Seem, Online Platforms
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11715 – Ibrahim Mrad, President Of Lebanese Syriac Union Party: We Should Have The Courage To Say That We Want A Culture Of Peace With Israel And Anyone Else; We Don't Want Our Children To Have To Bear Arms Like We Did, Online Platforms
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11714 – Footage Reportedly Showing China’s New 'Tailless' 6th-Gen Stealth Jets, Online Platforms
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11713 – Hisham Sarsour In Raleigh Friday Sermon Slams Abbas For Crackdown On Militants, Accuses Arab Leaders Of Conspiring With Israel Against Hamas And The Islamic Nation; Bashar Al-Assad Would Still Be In Power If Not For Sinwar, Online Platforms
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11712 – Fatah Spokesman Munir Al-Jaghoub On Iranian TV: All The Guns Should Be Turned Against The Occupation; Fighting The Occupation Should Take Place In The Settlements And Mountains, Not Populated Areas, Al-Alam Network (Iran)
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11711 – China Unveils New Amphibious Assault Ship, CCTV (China)
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11710 – Serbian Prime Minister Miloš Vučević On Serbia-China Relations: Our Friendship Is Based On Shared Values, Sincerity, Respect, Dignity, And The Pursuit Of A Common Future; Our Economic Cooperation Has No Strings Attached, CCTV (China)
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11709 – Mohammad Badawy At Brooklyn MAS Youth Center Lecture Addresses Criticism Of Hadith Describing The End Times Battle Between Jews And Muslims, When Jews Will Hide Behind Rocks And Trees; These Audacious Questions Always Come From The People With The 'Bloodiest Hands', Online Platforms
