Jordan
GID talks to tribes with strategic role in region

The Intelligence Gazette
Mukhabarat in Sinai, Jordan's GID and Ukraine, Wang Yi, France's ANSSI

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community from Amman to Paris by Tokyo.

EgyptAbbas Kamel oversees new tribal group fighting against Islamic State in Sinai

JordanAhmed Husni deals with fallout from Amman's position on war in Ukraine

FranceANSSI's threat intelligence department gets new chief

Jordan, Palestine
GID concerned about management of Jerusalem holy sites

The head of Jordan's General Intelligence Directorate (GID), Ahmed Husni, made a surprise visit to Ramallah on 17 January with [...]

Syria
Under Asma Al Assad's patronage, EmmaTel Syria's telecoms rising star

The fall of Syrian business magnate Rami Makhlouf has opened up a breach in the Syrian telecoms sector he once dominated. EmmaTel is stepping in, under the watchful gaze of powerful first lady Asma Al Assad.

Libya, Syria
Mystery Alaskan airline records Syria-Libyan flights

Since the end of June, several websites that track flights in real time have reported surprising movement between Damascus and [...]

Syria
Southern Syria at heart of Russian-Iranian rivalry

According to our sources, the 4th Armoured Division of the Syrian Army, commanded by President Bashar Al Assad's brother Maher [...]

Jordan
Abdullah II creates timely diversion by targeting GID

The King of Jordan has ousted the head of the country's intelligence service at a time when the country is in the midst of a major socio-economic crisis. Some in the monarchy fear that Jordan may go the way of Sudan or Algeria.