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Deloitte and Lebanese ex-partner Al Fadl escape LCB shareholders' wrath for now 

A legal battle between Deloitte and former shareholders in Lebanese Canadian Bank, relaunched in February, involves an array of characters including a member of the Qatari royal family and Beirut financial consulting figure Joseph Al Fadl.

• FRANCE - Intelligence Academy advertises for new director 

• LEBANON - Berri joins push to extend Ibrahim's mandate 

• RUSSIA - Intelligence at forefront of fight against drones 

• UNITED STATES - CIA publication review process questioned

• BULGARIA - Internal security under scrutiny 

Al Fardans lose counterclaim against Lebanon's Bank Audi 

Close to Qatar's reigning Al Thani family and a key player in the country's economy, Fahad Hussain Al Fardan recently lost his bid to overturn a Qatari court's ruling against him in favour of Lebanon's Bank Audi.

TotalEnergies pivotal in Beirut-Tel Aviv maritime deal 

Poised to play a key role in the maritime border deal between Beirut and Tel Aviv, TotalEnergies is getting fully engaged in Lebanon again - but some issues remain to be settled before exploration of its "Block 9" can be launched.

Spymaster Abbas Ibrahim suffers further setback in US over Fakhoury affair  Free

A US court has denied a request from Lebanon's intelligence chief Abbas Ibrahim to withdraw the paragraph incriminating him in a complaint filed by the family of Amer al-Fakhoury. This makes his relations with Washington all the more awkward, despite him having some well-placed supporters there.

Amarante well placed for "failed states" Levant study contract 

The international relations department of the French armed forces ministry, which likes to carry out long studies involving several outside contractors, has issued a tender call for a new study of three countries in the Levant region, which it describes without qualms as "failed states".

Ark Group wins British contract to support Lebanese Armed Forces 

Ark Group is taking over the Lebanese Armed Forces National Security Assistance Programme, run for the past ten years by The Risk Advisory Group, amid growing insecurity in the country.

• EUROPEAN UNION - Commission ramps up counter-intelligence

• LEBANON - Military intelligence to tackle drug trafficking

• KAZAKHSTAN - Kazakh spymaster enlists financial investigator

• CHINA - Xi Jinping confident Li Shulei named vice director of CCP's propaganda unit

Washington finally ready to launch its anti-drug strategy against Hezbollah 

Worried about the scale of the trafficking of captagon pills through Lebanon in particular, with Syria the main source, the US authorities intend to grant additional funds to the Lebanese security forces, which are supposed to be involved in this operation.