Israeli anti-missile system, Turkish-Kazakh cooperation, Macron decorates special forces

• FRANCE - Commando unit drones in French skies.

• KAZAKHSTAN/AZERBAIJAN/TURKEY - Kazakh military intelligence moves closer to Azeri counterpart.

• EGYPT - Timid criticism of Sisi's Sinai strategy emerges in Cairo.

• UZBEKISTAN/AFGHANISTAN - Tashkent refuses to return Afghan planes to Kabul.

• RUSSIA - Moscow decorates military engineers.

• FRANCE - Marc Burg lures more top spies to his degree course.

• PARIS - Senators call for a law on facial recognition.

• UNITED STATES - DNI tasked again to tackle China's support to Russia.

• EUROPE - Europol, future watchdog of foreign investment in the EU.

Special forces prepare Toujouse handover amid tense context 

In the runup to its 30th anniversary, the special operations command is facing an unprecedented level of intervention. General Michel Delpit, who is set to take over from Bertrand Toujouse as its head, will have to face several challenges.

Paragon, NSO's successor as new star of cyber infiltration, takes on new investors 

Paragon Solutions is the rising star of Israeli cyber-intelligence. Backed by Ehud Schneoron, the ex-commander of Unit 8200, Israel's answer to the NSA, the company has recently been consolidating its capital.

• CHINA - Xi Jinping's PM choices both from security world
  

• UNITED KINGDOM - MoD staffs new Defence Cyber Academy
  

• FRANCE - DGSI to oversee inter-service intelligence training

• ISRAEL/BAHRAIN - Tel Aviv seals security deal with Manama

• FRANCE - Pro digital sovereignty lobby headed by former Huawei consultant

Turkish defence group Aselsan pursues partnership with Nur-Sultan 

Taking advantage of Kazakhstan's desire to upgrade its military equipment and Turkey's "drone diplomacy", the defence group Aselsan is swinging into action to strengthen its partnership with Nur-Sultan.

In view of Ukraine, Kazakhstan is ramping up its defence agreements and contracts 

While the majority of Central Asian countries remain cautiously neutral on the war in Ukraine, Kazakhstan appears to have become the key focal point in the region for European and Asian countries. While maintaining a measured impartiality, Nur-Sultan has continued to reorganise and modernise its internal security and defence apparatus.