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Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Fidan and Mamlouk to thrash out Turkish-Syrian business in Baghdad

Turkey and Syria's spymasters are due to meet in Baghdad later this month to tackle bilateral sticking points such as the refugee crisis, the Kurds, and the situation in Idlib, under the watchful eye of the region's new mediator, Iraq's prime minister Mustafa Al Kadhemi. [...]

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Ali Mamlouk
Autonomous Administration of North and North-Eastern Syria
Bashar al Assad
Fatherland Party
Fuad Hussein
Hakan Fidan
Iraqi National Intelligence Service
Ismail Hakki Pekin
MIT
Mustafa Al Kadhemi
National Security Bureau
PKA
Sergey Shoigu

Jordan, Syria
Amman and Damascus coordinate intelligence to bring refugees home

There are 39,000 Syrian refugees still registered in Jordan. The government in Damascus has mobilised its intelligence service to advocate for their repatriation, as has Amman, whose Public Safety Directorate is overseeing the departures. Both are keeping a very close watch on the exiled population.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 14.09.2022

Syria, Turkey
Turkish and Syrian spy chiefs Hakan Fidan and Ali Mamlouk talk again at Russia's initiative

Keen to play the role of mediator between Turkey and Syria, Russia sponsored a new meeting between the spy chiefs of the two countries, which have been at daggers drawn since 2011. The results were not convincing but the meeting at least allowed Ankara and Damascus to set out their demands.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 07.09.2022

Iran, Lebanon, Syria
Between Beirut and Tehran, Ali Mamlouk gets back into regional affairs

Syrian spymaster Ali Mamlouk appears to be back in favour with President Bashar Al Assad, who recently sent him to Tehran to negotiate reducing the influence of Shi'ite militia groups under Iran's control. Mamlouk is also watching over the upcoming elections in Lebanon and giving a helping hand to pro-Syrians in the race.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 21.03.2022

Spotlight | Syria
Spymaster Ali Mamlouk has slipped from public view

Syria's spymaster in chief during the civil war, Ali Mamlouk, has been active in all the country's intelligence campaigns since 2012, both internal and external. Although no official announcement has been made and there has been no major incident, he looks to have been sidelined in favour of rising star Hussam Luka.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 07.01.2022

Egypt, Syria
Hossam Louka's star ascends within Syrian intelligence

Syrian spymaster Ali Mamlouk was noticably absent from the Arab Intelligence Forum, a major regional security meeting held in Cairo in November that was overseen by Abbas Kamel. But Mamlouk's absence was to Hossam Louka's advantage.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 24.11.2021

Iran, Turkey
Turkish and Iranian spies take cloak and dagger warfare from Afghanistan to Lebanon

The Taliban takeover of Kabul has opened a new battle front between the intelligence and hybrid warfare services of Turkey and Iran, who are already at daggers drawn over all of the regional issues.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 05.11.2021

Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia
Riyadh and Tehran pursue secret dialogue in Baghdad

Iran and Saudi Arabia's spymasters met discreetly in the Iraqi capital on 21 September for the fourth time since April. However the talks, hampered by Yemen and the nuclear issue, have yet to produce any concrete progress.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 04.10.2021

Syria
Biden's envoys visit North Eastern Syria to reassure Mazloum Abdi

North-East Syria's separatist Kurds, anxious about the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, received a US delegation recently and promises of continued support but no concessions to their demands for international recognition.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 09.09.2021

US Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Joey Hood.

France, Iraq, Syria
Iraqi security chief Falih al-Fayyadh sent to Damas to soothe Bashar al-Assad's feelings

Iraqi prime minister Mustafa al-Kazemi, who is organising a major regional conference with France in Baghdad at the end of August, is seriously embarrassed at not being able to invite his neighbour, Bashar al-Assad. As a result, he decided to send Falih al-Fayyadh to Damas to break the news to the Syrian leader personally.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 24.08.2021

Faleh al-Fayad and Bachar al-Assad during a previous visit in 2019.

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Mustafa Al Kadhemi
National Security Bureau
PKA
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