Egypt
Mahmoud Al-Sisi's standing within the Mukhabarat grows

Egypt, Turkey
Turkish and Egyptian spymasters eye deal on Muslim Brotherhood extradition

Ankara, bent on regional reconciliation, is hoping to finalise the normalisaion of its relations with Cairo. It is ready to concede on the issue of extraditing exiled Muslim Brotherhood members, a non-negotiable condition for Egypt.

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

The Intelligence Gazette
Pentagon and Ukrainian titanium, Mukhabarat, PUK

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake. Every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets great and small from the global intelligence community from London to Paris via Nur-Sultan.

United States Pentagon preps to join titanium war

Egypt The Mukhabarat al-Amma gets authority to extend its business interests

Iraq Bafel Talabani sacks his intelligence chief by way of conciliation

Egypt, Turkey
Abbas Kamel and Hakan Fidan's talks stumble on Libya and Muslim Brotherhood

Tension is rising between Egypt and Turkey's intelligence chiefs over Turkey's refusal to extradite suspected Muslim Brotherhood members and Erdogan's Libyan ambitions, differences that jeopardise an Egyptian-Turkish reconciliation.

Egypt, Turkey
Muslim Brotherhood presence still hampering Turkey-Egypt rapprochement

Behind the scenes, both countries' spymasters are doing their best to patch up relations between Ankara and Cairo but still facing irreconcilable differences, including the presence of Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood members on Turkish soil.

Egypt, Iran, Iraq
Egyptian spymaster Abbas Kamel discusses Egypt-Iraq rapprochement with Tehran

Even as Cairo and Baghdad publicise their strategic partnership, Egyptian intelligence services are talking with Tehran behind the scenes on how best to protect Egyptian interests in Iraq.

Israel
After Netanyahu, Israeli intelligence ponders best approach on Iran

Countering the Iranian nuclear threat remains the priority of the Israeli intelligence services but the goalposts have shifted with the arrival of new administrations in Israel, the US and Iran.