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JTTM Weekly No. 149 - Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM) Weekend Summary - 05/08/15

The following are some of this week's reports from the MEMRI Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM) Project, which translates and analyzes content from sources monitored around the clock, among them the most important jihadi websites and blogs. (To view these reports in full, you must be a paying member of the JTTM; for membership information, send an email to jttmsubs@memri.org /* */ with "Membership" in the subject line.) Note to media and government: For a full copy of these reports, send ...

Special Dispatch No. 6042 - Lebanese Writer Criticizes Houthis' Persecution Of Yemeni Jews, Calls On Hizbullah Leader Nasrallah To Condemn It - 05/07/15

In an April 20, 2015 article in the Lebanese daily Al-Mustaqbal , writer Wissam Sa'ade criticized the persecution of Jews in Yemen by the Houthis. Noting the January 2007 expulsion of 45 Yemeni Jews from the Houthi stronghold of Al-Salem 1 and another expulsion of Jews, in July 2014, from the town of Raydah in the 'Amran governorate, 2 Sa'ade said that the Houthis were bullying a small group of impoverished rural Jews in the name of their war against Israel and Zionism and under their motto " ...

Inquiry & Analysis Series No. 1156 - As Saudi-Turkish-Qatari Relations Improve, Possibility Of 'Decisive Storm'-Type Operation In Syria Emerges - 05/01/15

Operation "Decisive Storm" in Yemen, and the reports of warming Saudi-Turkish relations that preceded it, sparked hopes among opponents of the Assad regime in Syria that a similar operation could be carried out in that country. These hopes were in line with reports in Western and Arab media about the possibility of such a joint Saudi-Turkish-Qatari operation against the regime in Syria. However, others consider these hopes to be in vain, both because the Yemen operation did not accomplish its ...

N. Mozes

Special Dispatch No. 6027 - Prominent Gulf Journalists In Response To Obama Statements In 'New York Times' Interview With Thomas Friedman: Obama Exaggerates Gulf States' Domestic Problems, While Downplaying Danger Posed By Iran To Region And To Iranian Dissidents - 04/20/15

In an April 5, 2015 interview with Thomas L. Friedman of the New York Times , U.S. President Barack Obama remarked, in reference to the need to protect the Gulf states from the threat posed by Iran, that these countries may be more threatened by internal dissatisfaction within their societies than by their neighbor across the Gulf. He said: " T he biggest threats that the Gulf States face may not be coming from Iran invading. It's going to be from dissatisfaction inside their own countries." He ...

Special Dispatch No. 6023 - Operation Decisive Storm, Arab Rage At Iran As Expressed In Cartoons - 04/15/15

The Arab press has recently been awash with cartoons condemning Iran's intervention in Arab countries. The cartoons appeared mainly in the Gulf press and in London-based Gulf newspapers, as well as in the Jordanian and Egyptian press. They portray Iran as sowing destruction in the Arab world and taking control of it as part of its bid for regional hegemony, and often depict Iran as a demonic figure or as an animal such as a serpent, octopus or spider. Many of the cartoons focused specifically ...

JTTM Weekly No. 145 - Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM) Weekend Summary - 04/10/15

The following are some of this week's reports from the MEMRI Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM) Project, which translates and analyzes content from sources monitored around the clock, among them the most important jihadi websites and blogs. (To view these reports in full, you must be a paying member of the JTTM; for membership information, send an email to email protected /* */ with "Membership" in the subject line.) Note to media and government: For a full copy of these reports, send an ...

Special Announcements No. 372 - MEMRI'S 2015 SPRING CAMPAIGN - Please Support Us Today - 04/01/15

As critical developments unfold moment by moment in the Middle East and South Asia, MEMRI continues to operate around the clock, seven days a week, 365 days a year, monitoring, translating, and analyzing primary source material from the region. PLEASE SUPPORT MEMRI TODAY Founded 17 years ago to "Bridge the Language Gap," MEMRI is still the only organization doing this vital work for the security of the U.S. and the West, helping government, militaries, law enforcement, media, and the public at ...

Inquiry & Analysis Series No. 1150 - Tehran vs The Awakening Sunni Arab Camp: Significance And Implications - 03/31/15

Introduction The March 26, 2015 attack by the Saudi-led coalition on the strongholds of Iran's proxy in Yemen, the Houthi, sent shockwaves through Tehran. The rousing of the Sunni Arab camp, and the formation of a fighting coalition, as well as the backing of the entire Arab League - all within the short space of a few weeks - took the Iranian regime completely by surprise. In recent years, and especially in the last few months, Tehran has ratcheted up its direct involvement in several Arab ...

Yigal Carmon

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