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SGDSN summoned, Tracfin musical chairs, bipartisan support for OSINT, GUR in Syria, ex-French intel watchdog chief dies

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

FranceState adviser Claire Legras in running for SGDSN top seat

FranceShort round of musical chairs at Tracfin

United StatesRare bipartisan support for new OSINT subcommittee

SyriaGUR drone operators still helping Damascus

FranceFormer CNCTR head Serge Lasvignes has died

Kyiv supplying Syrian rebels with technology for their drone war

Ukraine has transferred crucial technology to help Syrian rebels wage effective drone warfare. This support proved decisive in sowing panic among the ranks of the Damascus regime's forces.

Turkish electronic warfare resources used in Syrian rebel offensive

Ankara made a major contribution to neutralising the military telecommunications of Bashar al-Assad's regime thanks to its interception and jamming tech.

Conquered Mount Hermon becomes prize location for Israel's technical intelligence

After seizing control of the Syrian part of Mount Hermon and the surrounding area on 8 December, Israeli special forces can now install extensive SIGINT (SIGINT eavesdropping and interception) facilities there.

DGSE memo on Syrian chemical programme upholds justification for French sanctions against Beirut-based firm

According to a French foreign intelligence service memo, the Beirut-based company Electronic Katrangi Trading has been engaged in chemical proliferation operations for the Syrian government since July 2020. The firm, which denies that, has been under French and US sanctions since 2018.

Anti-ISIS fighter contests DGSI surveillance that led to his trial for terrorism

The defence team of a former French soldier of the Kurdish YPG, who fought against the Islamic State in Syria alongside the French special forces, has filed suit against the DGSI, France's domestic intelligence agency, over its surveillance of him that led to his trial for terrorism.

Spotlight
Western spy agencies worried by Russian delivery of Israeli-designed drones to Syria

The intelligence services of several countries in the global coalition operating in Syria and Iraq are keeping a close eye on ISR drones that Moscow is sending to Damascus, much to Israel's fury.

Lafarge targeted by new lawsuit in the US from families of Islamic State victims

The families of 15 US citizens who were victims of the Islamic State have filed a complaint against the French cement company Lafarge, which admitted to helping fund the terrorist organisation in Syria from 2013 to 2014.

The Intelligence Gazette
Protecting state secrets, Rosatom facing DNI, Hakan Fidan and Syria, French DPR and foreign interference

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community, from Moscow to Washington via Ankara and Paris.

RussiaSergey Alpatov gets greater state secrets privileges

United States/RussiaRosatom in DNI's crosshairs

Turkey/SyriaEx-spymaster Hakan Fidan keeps lead on Syria discussions

FranceDPR examining foreign interference

Jordanian GID steps up intelligence efforts on its northern border as captagon drug trade grows

In a bid to fight trafficking of the amphetamine-based drug, the kingdom has reinforced intelligence on its northern border with Syria. Amman hopes Damascus will join its increased efforts to stem the trade of captagon flowing between both countries.

Private diplomacy: anti-Assad lobbyists change focus to battle for Kyiv

A network of former British diplomats and consultants that has been long opposed to Russian influence in Syria, and is coordinated by the firm Independent Diplomat, is now facilitating Kyiv's access to the United Nations, as well as American officiels.