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Xi loyalists also caught up in China military restructuring

Part 3

Xi Jinping's military purges, part 3/5 – With a new wave of purges targeting factions close to the president, Intelligence Online has conducted a months-long investigation into the vast anti-corruption campaign sweeping the country's military.

Yemen
Houthis form united front with movement veterans in wake of Israeli strikes

The prime consequence of the Israeli strikes that decimated the Houthi government late last week appears to be the consolidation of power around Houthi leader Abdelmalek al-Houthi's very closed circle.

France, Russia
French propagandist working for Moscow behind fake news of DGSI boss resignation

The rumoured departure of France's domestic intelligence boss Céline Berthon emerged on social media in July and gained momentum in France. Behind its spread is a French propagandist working in the Kremlin's interests.

Saudi Arabia
Riyadh wants Beirut to hand over Saudi's former star arms broker

In the crosshairs of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's anti-corruption investigators, businessman Salah Fustok sought refuge in his native Lebanon. But he hadn't counted on the tenacity of Riyadh's new strongman, determined to uncover all the previous Saudi monarch's military and financial secrets.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Lamplighter emerges from Dentons, ADIT and Forward at Souveraine Tech, exit CIA spokesman

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

LondonDentons' corporate intel partners set up new firm

Paris/Saint-MaloADIT and Forward Global join forces at Pierre-Édouard Stérin's Souveraine Tech conference

WashingtonFormer CIA spokesman moves into strategic communications

United States, Uzbekistan
Detained Uzbek cement magnate seeks help from Washington connections

Ulugbek Shadmanov, detained in Dubai and extradited back to Uzbekistan, has hired a businessman well connected in Central Asia to push for his release.

Ukraine, United States
From Donetsk to California, Vector is secretly reshaping US drone warfare

Founded by US veterans, American company Vector explores the Ukrainian front to draw on emerging innovations and tactics. Halfway between a start-up, a private military company and a think tank, it brings technology and doctrines back stateside to help shape the US military of tomorrow.