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Spotlight SAUDI ARABIA IRAN SYRIA Issue dated 23/08/2012

Bandar on offensive against Damascus, Tehran

King Abdullah appointed Bandar bin Sultan as the new head of the General Intelligence Directorate (GID), the Saudi external intelligence service, on July 19, with a view to expanding the kingdom's covert operations in the region. The two objectives he [...] (525 words)

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