Mahmoud Al-Sisi's standing within the Mukhabarat grows

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.

• 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

• 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

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.

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.

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.

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.