Egypt, Syria
Cairo spymaster spearheads Damascus' Arab League reintegration

The Intelligence Gazette
Cairo shifts view on Syria, DGSE on Order of Liberation board, drones for Portuguese military, ex-FSO to Russian Security Council, CIA moles

Appointments, reforms and key issues: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets of news, big and small, from the global intelligence community. This week we hone in on Cairo, Moscow, Lisbon and Paris.

Egypt/Syria Cairo shifts position on Syria's return to Arab League

Portugal Military intelligence eyes US drones

Russia Yet another ex-FSO officer joins Security Council

France DGSE wants seat on Order of the Liberation board

United States Baer vs Redmond, score settling between former CIA officers over a book

Jordan
GID chief plays key role in restoring Jordan's diplomatic relations with Syria

Under King Abdullah II's instructions, Jordan's intelligence chief Ahmed Husni began working to restore diplomatic relations with neighbouring Syria back in 2019. After the first formal contacts between the two countries on 3 October, Jordan's next goal is to get Syria back into the Arab League.

Egypt
Cairo looks to counter Ankara in Sahel

With Cairo making its fight against Ankara a foreign policy priority, all regions are a potential opposition ground, even the Sahel, which is unaccustomed to Egyptian activism.

Egypt, Palestine
Abbas Kamel's agents try to relaunch inter-Palestinian reconciliation in Gaza

A delegation from Egypt's general intelligence service, the Mukhabarat El [...]

Egypt
Abbas Kamel out of quarantine

Abbas Kamel, the head of Egypt's powerful intelligence service, the [...]

Egypt
Abbas Kamel back in KHartoum

Abbas Kamel, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi's spymaster, arrived [...]

Egypt, Turkey
Cairo takes steps to establish Arab security front to halt Erdogan's ambitions

Abbas Kamel, President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi's intelligence chief, is trying to rally the Arab regimes against Turkey.