IDS: Civil advisors to combat Islamic State

• PARIS - Nathalie Felines makes private security comeback with Erys.

• LONDON - Hakluyt beefs up cyber activities.

• NEW YORK - Veracity Worldwide appoints veteran diplomat to advisory board.
  

• PARIS - Ex-Interlira and Amarante executives reteam at Movisafe.

• LONDON - KPMG probes Britain's 'climate finance' partners.
  

Syrian rebels' British flack bounces back with In2-Comms 

Paul Tilley, who works regularly for the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) on communications in countries in crisis, has opened a discreet office in Turkey.

CIA and DIA monitor allies 

While keeping tabs on Islamic State is its top priority, the CIA is also gathering more and more intelligence on the US' allies in Iraq.

Debate over retaking Mosul 

The war council that took place in Erbil over the weekend of September 19 in the presence of several officers [...]

Kosovo, intelligence training hub 

According to our sources, Sotera Defense Solutions, a security company that regularly works for the Pentagon, is training US troops [...]

Baghdad's plan to dismantle regular army 

The sacking of Kurdish General Babaker Zebari, the charismatic Iraqi army chief-of-staff, is a sign of the crisis that is brewing between the Iraqi military and the Shi'ite government. Intelligence Online investigates.

Riyadh prepares land offensive in Yemen 

After the air strikes that got underway on March 25, Riyadh, leader of the regional coalition fighing Houthi rebels in Yemen, is now preparing its land offensive.

Daesh recruiting in Hong Kong 

The Chinese intelligence services fear that Hong Kong could become the doorway to Islamist terrorism in China. China’s State Security, [...]

TFTP, Daesh : concerns of the US Treasury Intelligence Chief during his European Tour 

Adam Szubin, the new head of financial intelligence at the US Department of Treasury, made a discreet European tour recently to discuss his two priorities, Islamic State and the TFTP.

MIT makes IS a priority 

As Intelligence Online revealed recently (IOL 728), Turkey's intelligence chief Hakan Fidan is going to run for office in Turkey's forthcoming general elections. The choice of his interim successor illustrates Ankara's priorities.

Glevum, the U.S. Army's social surveyor 

To gain a better understanding of the ‘human' terrain in combat zones where it is engaged, the U.S. Army turns to research carried out by Glevum Associates.

Why Misrata doesn’t attack ISIS 

In position around the city of Sirte since Feb. 22, the Misrata militias belonging to the Fajr Libya coalition is [...]