Mossad back in Ankara thanks to Israeli-Turkish rapprochement

Behind the new deal between Turkey's MIT and the Mossad  Free

With Israeli-Turkish diplomatic relations now fully restored, a reconciliation over intelligence sharing appears to have been sealed as well. Turkish intelligence services and the Mossad recently discreetly signed an understanding aimed largely at allowing Tel Aviv to track down Iranian cells in Turkey.

Abbas Kamel keeps the calm in Gaza for Biden's visit 

Familiar with mediation between Israel and Palestine, the Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas Kamel was back in action during the US president's visit to Gaza, a task made no easier with a remnant from the Six-Day War in the background.

Tel Aviv's spymasters slow down reconciliation with Ankara 

Israel and Turkey had been warming to one another, but recent recommendations from Israel's national security council, warning Israelis to avoid travel to Turkey because of Iranian activisim, have put up a roadblock.

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Turkey highlights safe satellite communication capacity to promote drone exports 

Ankara has taken a step towards an independent and exporting defence industry with the deployment of a new secure military satellite communications system. This comes after criticism of its drones being highly vulnerable to detection.

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.

Bahrain reorganises intelligence services to work closer with Israel 

Bahrain is determined to beef up the technological capacities of its intelligence services and strengthen its cooperation with Israel, its Strategic Security Bureau now dealing directly with Israeli intelligence.

Alexander Machkevich, the financier diplomat helping Turkey reconcile with Israel 

Despite their ongoing differences, Ankara has reached out to Tel Aviv as it continues to patch up relations with its regional neighbours, helped by advocates of the reconciliation in both Turkey and Israel. These proponents of a warming of relations include Mendy Chitrik, head of the Alliance of Rabbis in Islamic States that receives funding from Kazakh oligarch Alexander Machkevich.

Mossad and VEVAK targeted by Turkish counter-espionage service 

Turkish intelligence service MIT, which is concerned about the growing number of foreign agents operating in Turkey, is strengthening its counter-espionage capacities. It has increasingly been carrying out arrests and breaking up spy cells, with the activities of the Iranian and Israeli intelligence services getting particular attention.

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.

Intelligence services told to shape up after Fakrizadeh killing 

After the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakrizadeh on [...]