Abdullah II wants to lock in Hashemite institutions via new national security council

• BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON - Italy's chances fade for NATO top post

• JORDAN - Abdullah II's National Security Council struggles to emerge

• POLAND - Pressure on information and communication systems

• FRANCE - Comcyber remains blind to Beijing's cyber divisions

• JORDAN - Abdullah II secures his clan
  

• UNITED STATES - ODNI and DCSA try to boost high tech R&D

Black Mountain, Jordanian conglomerate TAG's cybersecurity outpost in the Gulf 

The young Jordanian-Emirati company Black Mountain, under the aegis of businessman and politician Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, has opened the gates of Amman to companies from the United States and Russia as it continues to grow in cyber investigation.

• EGYPT - Abbas Kamel oversees new tribal group fighting against Islamic State in Sinai
  

• JORDAN - Ahmed Husni deals with fallout from Amman's position on war in Ukraine 
  

• FRANCE - ANSSI's threat intelligence department gets new chief

• SAUDI ARABIA/IRAQ - The General Intelligence Presidency reopens talks with the Anbar tribes to try to block Iran.

• FRANCE - Intelligence expert Floran Vadillo is advising French presidential candidate Anne Hidalgo.

• UNITED KINGDOM - Telecommunications surveillance champion Jeremy Wright joins the ISC as it battles for greater powers

• GEORGIA - The National Security Council gets a new chief of staff
  

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.

King urges GID to improve cyber capabilities 

Under orders to modernise since 2019, Jordan's foreign intelligence service is still not meeting expectations in cyber, prompting a stern reminder from King Abdullah II earlier this month.