The Intelligence Gazette
Saudi GIP, Jeremy Wright, Hidalgo, Georgian National Security Council

China, United Kingdom
UK parliamentary committee pleads for greater oversight in face of Chinese threats

China's sweeping cyber operations are putting the parliament's intelligence oversight to the test. While UK agencies have ramped up their intelligence work to counter Chinese and foreign threats, the Intelligence and Security Committee laments not having oversight over these new players.

Iraq, United States
Amar Zahid involved in case after case between US and Iraqi telecom industry

A new governmental agreement may open up the Iraqi market, but consultant Amar Zahid's hands are tied in a case before the US courts against intelligence equipment manufacturer TIC.

The Intelligence Gazette
CIA, Georgia's GIS, Hamas finance, DGSE operations

United States
CIA's spies experience housing crisis in Langley

Georgia
Government increases oversight of GIS' international dealings

Palestine/Turkey
Hamas still receiving funds from Turkey

France
DGSE operations department poised to get new chief

The Intelligence Gazette
Hamas in Turkey, GPIS in Paris, NATO in Georgia

Palestine/Israel/Turkey: Ankara and Tel Aviv are talking again
to Hamas's dismay

France
GPIS, Paris's social housing security service provider, collects intelligence for the police

Georgia
NATO's ex-liaison officer in Kyiv takes up residence in Tbilisi

Oman, Saudi Arabia
Riyadh and Muscat lock horns over Iranian weapon deliveries

Oman's intelligence services, which are meant to be cracking down on the smuggling of Iranian weapons between the sultanate and Yemen, have yet again been caught out after the discovery of a missile shipment. Riyadh is alarmed by potential flaws in the Omani security apparatus.

Spotlight | Iraq, Syria
Syrian and Iraqi spymasters share challenge of cross-border insecurity

Determined to make the road between Baghdad and Damascus a prosperous trading route, the Syrian and Iraqi authorities are very aware of the need to secure their border in the light of continued sporadic attacks from the Islamic State group.

Spotlight | United Kingdom
Intelligence and Security Committee still fighting for oversight of Investment Security Unit

The British parliamentary intelligence committee is still pushing for greater scrutiny of the new foreign investment unit against an unbending British government. It is also asking to overhaul its own powers.

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.