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Syria's private security boom

The security situation in post-Bashar al-Assad Syria remains tense. Syrian forces search for weapons stashes in Homs, on 23 March 2025.
The security situation in post-Bashar al-Assad Syria remains tense. Syrian forces search for weapons stashes in Homs, on 23 March 2025. © Ebu Bekr Sakka/Anadolu via AFP

As a new era of instability dawns in post-Assad Syria, security groups are flocking to the country to offer their services protecting embassies, the media and prospecting companies. A British-Emirati firm claims to have been given a licence to operate on the ground.

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The Agencies' Gazette
DGSE screening, US naval intelligence, China's anti-corruption drive, Paris-Moscow skirmish

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

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France
French intelligence implicates Le Monde journalist in execution of Mossad and DGSI informant

French intelligence is tracking the sources of a Le Monde journalist.
French intelligence is tracking the sources of a Le Monde journalist. © Indigo Publications - 2025 / Antoine Boureau/Hans Lucas/Hans Lucas via AFP

The ongoing prosecution of French investigative journalist Alex Jordanov reveals how French intelligence has gone about tracking down the sources of another journalist from Le Monde. The latter is accused of being directly responsible for the execution of a Syrian informant for Mossad and the DGSI.

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