Entries by Middle East Media Research Institute

Artificial Intelligence And The New Era Of Terrorism: An Assessment Of How Jihadis Are Using AI To Expand Their Propaganda, Recruitment, And Operations And The Implications For National Security

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Inquiry & Analysis Series No. 1895 Table Of Contents Preface By Gen. (ret.) Paul E. Funk II, Former Commander Of The U.S. Army Training And Doctrine Command (TRADOC) And Member Of MEMRI Board Of Advisors Introduction ChatGPT Advises Users On How To Attack A Sports Venue, Buy Nuclear Material On Dark Web, Weaponize Anthrax, Build Spyware, […]

Make The Unipolar World Order Great Again

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Russia | MEMRI Daily Brief No. 864 Defining America First The deep divisions within the conservative camp stem directly from the absence of a clear definition of “America First.” Yet it should mean one thing, unmistakably: the United States confidently leading the world order. For this reason, “America First” should imply strengthening the unipolar world order shaped […]

Blood Labels: A Political Right That Avoids The Oldest Of Infamies

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MEMRI Daily Brief No. 863 That liberal democracy seems to be looking increasingly threadbare is obvious. The elements of the old dispensation — individualism, free markets, limited government — all seem to be under assault, often for very good reasons. What Francis Fukuyama popularized in 1989 as the endpoint of political evolution and “the final form […]

Editor Of Saudi Daily: Hamas Must Surrender And Hand Over Its Weapons Soon – Or Face Hell

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Saudi Arabia, Palestinians | Special Dispatch No. 12240 In an October 21, 2025 article in the Saudi government daily Al-Jazirah,  the daily’s chief editor, Khalid bin Hamad Al-Malik, , argued that, although Trump’s plan for ending the war favors Israel, Hamas must except it and surrender its arms, otherwise it will face hell. A-Malik noted that the “escapade” of Hamas’s October 7 […]

From Student Visas To Terror Networks: Why America Needs A Muslim Brotherhood Investigation

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MEMRI Daily Brief No. 850 Hamas leader Mousa Abu Marzouk’s recent legal challenge to have his organization removed from the UK’s terror list should serve as a wake-up call for American policymakers. This brazen attempt to legitimize Hamas comes from a member of the Muslim Brotherhood who arrived in the U.S. on a student visa in 1982 and spent 14 years helping plant the […]

Israel Has Thwarted The Iranian ICBM Threat To The U.S. Several Times, Beginning In 2011: A Two-Decade Review

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Iran, Israel | Inquiry & Analysis Series No. 1880 Introduction This report will discuss the Iranian intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) threat to the U.S. and Europe that has been thwarted a number of times by Israel since 2011. The Iranian ICBM project was led  by Gen. Hassan Tehrani-Moqaddam, who was killed by Israel in 2011. Since then, Iran has […]

Doha 2036: In The Footsteps Of The Nazi Olympiad?

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This seems to be Qatar’s moment. The tiny (only 12% of the country’s three million residents are Qatari citizens) but super-wealthy emirate seems to be everywhere. Qatar was and remains not only the great patron of the Taliban in Afghanistan but also of Hamas in Gaza. Qatar is also deeply involved (along with its close […]

Needing Hope In Russia As Military Actions Become The Background Of The Everyday Lives Of Average Russians

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Russia | MEMRI Daily Brief No. 831 The calls between Putin and Trump, once sensational, have become routine, losing the urgency of a news event. The talks between the delegations of Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul, previously expected as a ray of hope, no longer cause trepidation – the half-hour protocols still gape with irreconcilable differences. In the […]

The Plain Truth II

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“Israel is the largest American aircraft carrier in the world that cannot be sunk, does not carry even one American soldier, and is located in a critical region for American national security.” — then Secretary of State, General Alexander Haig MEMRI Daily Brief No. 827 The last vote in Congress about military aid to Israel demonstrated […]

Iranian Calls For Nuclear Strike Or Preemptive Missiles Strike Against Israel

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Following the 12-day June 2025 war between Israel and Iran, there have been calls in Iran to carry out preemptive strikes against Israel using ballistic missiles or nuclear bombs. In a July 12, 2025 article in the ideological daily Vatan Emrouz, analyst Amir Abbas Nouri discussed the possibility that the attacks against Iran by Israel […]

Senior Islamic State (ISIS) Leader Killed In Raid By U.S. Led Coalition Reportedly Possessed ID Issued In April By New Syrian Government

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On July 25, 2025, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that its forces carried out a raid in Al-Bab, in Syria’s Aleppo Governorate, killing a “senior ISIS [Islamic State] Leader,” Diya’ Zawba’ Muslih Al-Hardani, and his two adult sons, ‘Abdallah and ‘Abd Al-Rahman, both affiliated with ISIS. According to CENTCOM, the slain men “posed a […]

WARNING GRAPHIC: Syrian Soldiers Force Druze Civilians At Gunpoint To Jump To Their Deaths From A Balcony

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In a video circulated online on July 19, 2025, Syrian soldiers are seen forcing Druze civilians at gunpoint to jump off the balcony of a private residence to their deaths. The soldiers filmed the incident themselves and can be heard reciting “Allahu Akbar” after the men jump.  Soldier: “Move! Go to the balcony! Open the […]

The Spiritual Leader Of The Syrian Druze, Hikmat Al-Hijri, Calls On Trump, Netanyahu, Bin Salman And Abdullah II To Save The Druze Of The Al-Suwayda Governorate From The Syrian Government

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Syria | Special Dispatch No. 12080 On July 13, 2025, clashes broke out in Al-Suwayda Governorate in southern Syria between Druze factions and Bedouin tribes following several mutual kidnapping incidents. The new Syrian government headed by Ahmed Al-Sharaa (aka Abu Mohammad Al-Joulani) quickly seized this escalation as an opportunity to intervene militarily in the governorate, which is not […]

AI Industry Needs Standards To Protect Against Bad Actors

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MEMRI Daily Brief No. 805 The following is an op-ed for the Forbes Nonprofit Council by MEMRI Executive Director Steve Stalinsky, Ph.D. Titled “AI Industry Needs Standards To Protect Against Bad Actors,” it was published June 18, 2025 by Forbes.[1] Exemplifying the legitimate fears among many who study AI and warn of its dangers, on May 23, […]

The Plain Truth [Even If Frustrating To Some]

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Iran, Israel | MEMRI Daily Brief No. 796 Following the war, the bare reality emerges: Trump’s goals are: A. Stability in the non-stop turbulent Muslim world, preferably through regional dictatorships and reaching a deal with them (rather than seeking to eradicate them), be it the Islamic Republic’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Pakistan’s Field Marshal Asim Munir, (a jihadist who […]