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France, Yemen
DGSE's streamlined hostage operation

The DGSE team that handled the release of French hostage Isabelle Prime, who was held in Yemen from February to [...]

Published on 09.09.2015 at 09:00 GMT

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Paris activates networks to reach hostages

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France, Oman Muscat's spymasters eye French materiel

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Spotlight | France DGSE embroiled in hostage score-settling

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France DGSE's role in hostage release

France French hostages: tense debriefing

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Spotlight | France DGSE undermined by failed Somalia mission

Spotlight | France, North Africa French hostage resolution: too many cooks

Spotlight | France, Mali Hostage plot thickens for DGSE and DCRI

Spotlight | France DGSE's hostage hesitations

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Insiders | China
Security, propaganda and the PLA: Xi Jinping forges new networks of influence

Insiders | Qatar
Barzan Holdings, Qatar's defence industry giant springing up out of the desert

France, Yemen
DGSE's streamlined hostage operation

France, Oman
Muscat's spymasters eye French materiel

France
Ex-DGSE No. 2 shipping out from CMA-CGM

Spotlight | France
DGSE embroiled in hostage score-settling

France
SERIS

France, Oman
Paris takes its turn to court Muscat

France
DGSE’s Service Action chief unmasked

France
Bernard Bajolet

Spotlight | France
An operational success, an intelligence failure

France
DGSE follows CIA lead on covert ops

France
DGSE's role in hostage release

France
French hostages: tense debriefing

Africa, France, Syria
Paris activates networks to reach hostages

Spotlight | France
DGSE undermined by failed Somalia mission

Spotlight | France, North Africa
French hostage resolution: too many cooks

Spotlight | France, Mali
Hostage plot thickens for DGSE and DCRI

Spotlight | France
DGSE's hostage hesitations