Spotlight
The Damascene authorities, now no longer concerned about maintaining their rule, has come up with a cunning way to keep a tally of Syrians living aboard, many of whom were once defectors or opponents. This administrative blackmail comes with exorbitant fees that can help fill the Assad regime's coffers. [...]
In the lead up to the Chinese Communist Party's 20th National Congress at the end of the year, President Xi Jinping has ramped up his anti-corruption crackdown on officials likely to hold key positions in the next term. They are being asked to provide details of all of their business ties as well as those of their families. [...]
As tension between Moscow and the European Union escalates after Vilnius blocked shipments to the Russian exclave, Russian military strategists are weighing their options in terms of diplomacy, economic warfare, and military action. [...]
Many of the world's military chiefs attended the European defence show in Paris but the chief of Saudi Arabia's land forces was conspicuously absent, illustrating the power games at play in Mohammed bin Salman's new defence circles. [...]
The Ukrainian defence ministry, which in normal times exhibits its defence wares in the world's trade shows, has decided to keep attending these events. Kyiv has just had a stand at Eurosatory in Paris and also plans to be present at Farnborough in the UK. [...]
Acquiring former procurement office Sofema would significantly increase corporate intelligence group ADIT's stake in foreign armies training specialist DCI. But to take control of the latter, ADIT, majority owned by the Sagard fund, must convince the French state to give up some of its shares. [...]
The Yazidis, represented by Nallein Sowilo, have struggled to get their voice heard in Washington but are now making renewed efforts, and in particular to press their claims against the Barzani clan. They are up against the powerful Kurdish family's well-established networks in the United States. [...]
The young Jordanian-Emirati company Black Mountain, under the aegis of businessman and politician Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, has opened the gates of Amman to companies from the United States and Russia as it continues to grow in cyber investigation. [...]
The small Italian company bitCorp, owned by two former Carabinieri intelligence officers, Gianluca Tirozzi and Christian Persurich, and already well established in cyber intelligence, is now seeking to enter the field of secure military communications via European funding. [...]
As well as showchasing information about their own activities when it suits them, the Russian and Ukrainian intelligence services like to use the well-tried weapon of exposing the identities of the other side's agents. #Russia #Ukraine https://t.co/5zzrCDtXTF
The Chinese president is set to go #Hong Kong to take part in the celebrations for the 25th anniversary of the handover of the territory to China with an already established plan for the future of the former British enclave https://t.co/NFB2FqFz63
With his takeover of the country's security sector complete, the #UAE's National Security Adviser Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan is about to make Digital14, owned by ADQ, a part of Edge Group's Electronic Warfare & Cyber Technologies cluster https://t.co/rJtUTUTfOB
As well as showchasing information about their own activities when it suits them, the Russian and Ukrainian intelligence services like to use the well-tried weapon of exposing the identities of the other side's agents. #Russia #Ukraine https://t.co/5zzrCDtXTF
The Chinese president is set to go #Hong Kong to take part in the celebrations for the 25th anniversary of the handover of the territory to China with an already established plan for the future of the former British enclave https://t.co/NFB2FqFz63
With his takeover of the country's security sector complete, the #UAE's National Security Adviser Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan is about to make Digital14, owned by ADQ, a part of Edge Group's Electronic Warfare & Cyber Technologies cluster https://t.co/rJtUTUTfOB