ALL ARTICLES - Libya

The Intelligence Gazette
Hossein Taeb dismissed, DGSE gets Tripoli villa, DRM celebrates 30th anniversary, New narrative in Belarus

Iran
Tehran's Pasdaran spymaster on the way out

France
Luxury villa awaits DGSE chief in Tripoli

France
Ex-directors absent from DRM's 30th anniversary

Belarus
New narrative in security circles towards the West

Reports of MIT Libyan proxy withdrawal greatly exaggerated

While Paris and Berlin welcomed the announced withdrawal of Syrian [...]

Washington and Paris put Libya at top of diplomatic-security agenda

According to our sources, Paul Soler, French President Emmanuel Macron's adviser on Libya adviser since 2017 (IOL 861), is being [...]

Libyan summit to be held in Paris as French diplomatic agenda focuses on Turkey

Last minute (14/09/20 14:45): Shortly after publication, Prime Minister Fayez Sarraj's team, urged by his Turkish backer, informed French diplomats [...]

Mystery Alaskan airline records Syria-Libyan flights

Since the end of June, several websites that track flights in real time have reported surprising movement between Damascus and [...]

MIT to create "its" intelligence agency in Libya

Visiting Tripoli on 3 July, Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar [...]

Moscow's Pantsir deployed to help Haftar

Russia has stepped up its military involvement in support of Libya's General Khalifa Haftar. Intelligence Online investigates the heavy deployment.

Moonshot CVE leads British cyber psy ops against Islamic State

A start-up launched with Google's support is using Adwords and Whatsapp and Telegram accounts to counter IS propaganda.

How DGSE operates in Libya

The death of three DGSE officers in Libya on July 17 sheds light on the French external intelligence service's activities in the country.

Argus Security obtains release of hostages in Tripoli

According to Intelligence Online's sources in Tripoli and Paris, Argus Security Projects, the private security firm headed by Hermann Baumgertener, [...]

Al Mutlaq, Tobruk intermediary

Emirati officials' e-mails that were recently leaked reveal the role that Al Mytlaq Tehcnology has played in arming the rebels supported by Abu Dhabi.

Argus in conflict with former Libyan advisor

Cyprus-registered private security operator Argus Security Projects, a privileged partner of the European Union in conflict zones, is under pressure from one of its former partners in Libya.

Beltech and Tesic arm General Haftar

With support from Belarus' armaments office, Serbia's star arms dealer Slobodan Tesic is increasingly active in civil war-torn Libya.

Aegis

Aegis, the private security firm founded by Tim Spencer, is [...]

Galea

Galea, the small private security company headed by Frenchmen Alain [...]

Argus and Galea extract staff held in East

The security firms Argus and Galea managed on July 3 to extract four of their employees held under house arrest [...]

Libyan asset hunters back in business

Charles Seidel and Haig Melkessetian, who previously headed the now defunct Command Global Service (IOL nº690), are poised to launch [...]