Iraq, United States
IDS: Civil advisors to combat Islamic State

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Erys, Hakluyt, Veracity, Amarante, KPMG

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week we go to Paris, London and New York.

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.

Middle East, United Kingdom
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.

Iraq, United States
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.

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, United States
Kosovo, intelligence training hub

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

Iraq
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.

Saudi Arabia, Yemen
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.

China, Syria
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, [...]

Europe, United States
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.

Turkey
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.

United States
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 [...]