FRANCE / INDIA Published on 16/08/2017 Business moghul Ambani is key partner for defence contracts between France and India
AFRICA / CENTRAL ASIA / MIDDLE EAST Published on 07/09/2016 Ivor Ichikowitz, the worldwide connections of the South African arms magnate Free
IRAN / UNITED KINGDOM Published on 17/02/2016 Norman Lamont, pillar of the British-Iranian business community
Spotlight SAUDI ARABIA 15/11/2017 Defence industry channels in disarray In a massive purge on November 4, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman managed to achieve what no other Saudi Arabian leader has done - sidelining people in defence circles who were not under his control. [...]
FRANCESAUDI ARABIA 15/11/2017 Arabia Saudi Fransi Bank sans Walid In a particularly sensitive affair for Paris and Riyadh, the [...]
SAUDI ARABIA 15/11/2017 Mansour Hadi practically under house arrest Free According to Intelligence Online's sources, like Lebanon's ex-prime minister Saad Hariri, Yemen's President Mansour Hadi is not entirely free to [...]
SAUDI ARABIAFRANCE 15/11/2017 Sarkozy goes to Riyadh for Accor Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited to Riyadh at the [...]
SAUDI ARABIA 15/11/2017 SAMI emerges as big winner from Mohammed bin Salman's purge Far from the political upheavals of the multiple arrests on November 4, behind the scenes, new deal-making channels are being put in place at Saudi Arabia's new defence hub. [...]
SAUDI ARABIA 15/11/2017 Mohammed bin salman wields anti-corruption axe to grab more power Many in Riyadh consider that the purge that Mohammed bin Salman conducted on November 4 was just a pretext. To ensure the process continues according to his wishes the crown prince can count on his new tailor-made administration. [...]
SAUDI ARABIA 01/11/2017 Jonathan Gray has Mohammed bin Salman's ear French businessman Jonathan Gray, who is close to Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman, is carving a role for himself as the new go-between in Franco-Saudi business deals at a time when the Crown Prince's Vision 2030 programme is whetting a lot of appetites. [...]
SAUDI ARABIARUSSIA 18/10/2017 Salman ready to allow Bashar to remain A meeting between Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz and [...]
SAUDI ARABIA 18/10/2017 Al Asaker, Mohammed bin Salman's invisible hand Badr bin Mohammed Al Asaker, head of the crown prince's foundation, was in Paris last week, despite a certain distancing between France and Saudi Arabia since Macron came to power. [...]
SAUDI ARABIA 04/10/2017 Former airbus man joins Thales Pascal Lesaulnier, who was a long-standing sales agent for Airbus [...]
SAUDI ARABIA 04/10/2017 Major interior ministry purge destabilises contracts Behind the scenes, the royal palace is getting rid of internal security chiefs one by one. The purge is changing the prerogatives of the ministry and altering the playing field for foreign companies that sell to Saudi Arabia. [...]
SAUDI ARABIA 04/10/2017 Taqnia Cyber, architect of Mohammed bin Salman's cyber-force Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia's crown prince and defence minister, is counting on the para-public group to build the kingdom's cyber-security system. [...]
SAUDI ARABIA 20/09/2017 Salman's abdication pushed back The talk in Saudi Arabia in recent months has focused [...]
SAUDI ARABIA 23/08/2017 Al Howairini, Mohammed bin Salman's ears at interior ministry By his appointment as director of all of the interior ministry's intelligence services, General Abdulaziz bin Mohammed Al Howairini has [...]
SAUDI ARABIA 23/08/2017 MbS gets Sadr's help to deradicalise Eastern province During his meeting with influential Iraqi Shi'ite leader Moqtada Al Sadr on July 30, Saudi Arabia's defence minister and crown [...]
Spotlight SAUDI ARABIAFRANCE 05/07/2017 French seek new negotiation channels for Saudi deals Paris is looking to get back in with the Saudis after the flurry of deals that Riyadh has struck with the US in a blossoming relationship underscored by Donald Trump's visit last month. [...]
SAUDI ARABIAFRANCE 05/07/2017 Attias infiltrates Riyadh African summit organiser Richard Attias, the man behind the New [...]
SAUDI ARABIA 05/07/2017 Mohammed bin Salman locked down Saudi security apparatus In the space of two years, the ambitious future king of Saudi Arabia gradually placed his people in key positions which enabled him to oust Mohammed bin Nayef. [...]
SAUDI ARABIA 05/07/2017 Speculation mounts over who will head defence contracts arm Free The creation of Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI) has shaken up procurement at the ministry of defence, headed by Crown [...]
UNITED KINGDOMSAUDI ARABIA 05/07/2017 Strathclyde teams with former Saud financier Lord Tom Strathclyde, the hereditary peer and former leader of the Conservative Party in the House of Lords, became an [...]
SAUDI ARABIAUNITED KINGDOM 05/07/2017 Khashoggi estate interests investigators The death of international arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi on June 6 could spark a major inheritance squabble. Khashoggi, who represented [...]
YEMENSAUDI ARABIAUNITED ARAB EMIRATES 05/07/2017 Abu Dhabi tries to convince Riyadh to make up with Saleh clan Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed is hoping to oust the pro-Saudi Yemeni President Hadi soon if he can persuade Saudi strongman Mohammed bin Salman. [...]
SAUDI ARABIA 21/06/2017 Head of Public Security versed in anti-terrorism King Salman bin Abdulaziz appointed Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Hilal [...]
UNITED STATESSAUDI ARABIA 21/06/2017 Langenhahn links Al Shihabi and Quincy Group Evan Langenhahn has joined the new The Arabia Foundation in [...]
SAUDI ARABIAUNITED STATES 07/06/2017 Trump reshuffles cards in defence deal Penned during Donald Trump’s visit to Riyadh on May 20-21, contracts worth $110 billion will not go only to concerns controlled by Salman’s clan. [...]