France
Vidaud's surprise exit from military intelligence turns the armed forces upside down

Spymaster | France
French military spy chief Jacques Langlade de Montgros strives to restore his directorate's reputation

After his last-minute appointment as head of France's Directorate of Military Intelligence (DRM) in April 2022, General Jacques Langlade de Montgros has been working hard to improve his unit's image, which was tainted by his predecessor's management of developments in Ukraine.

The Agencies' Gazette
Hossein Taeb dismissed, DGSE gets Tripoli villa, DRM celebrates 30th anniversary, New narrative in Belarus

Appointments, reforms and key issues: every Monday, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global intelligence community. This week we home in on Iran, France and Belarus.

IranTehran's Pasdaran spymaster on the way out

FranceLuxury villa awaits DGSE chief in Tripoli

FranceEx-directors absent from DRM's 30th anniversary

BelarusNew narrative in security circles towards the West

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

Appointments, reforms and key issues: every Monday, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global intelligence community. This week we home in on the US, Georgia, Palestine, Turkey and France.

United StatesCIA's spies experience housing crisis in Langley

GeorgiaGovernment increases oversight of GIS' international dealings

Palestine/TurkeyHamas still receiving funds from Turkey

FranceDGSE operations department poised to get new chief

France
French Army commandos await new chief

The surprise resignation of Eric Vidaud as head of French military intelligence, the DRM, in March is having all sorts of consequences on appointments in the French special forces.

France
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.

France
French army special forces chiefs race for key intelligence posts

The senior officers' transfer market is hotting up as land army special forces commanders prepare to go after a number of top intelligence service posts which are due for renewal.

France
Director of military intelligence-to-be Bertrand Toujouse sidelined by Eric Vidaud

Bertrand Toujouse, who had been set to become director of France's military intelligence service, has run into unexpected opposition, including that of the French presidency. As a result, he has lost the job to Eric Vidaud, who will take up his duties in September.

France
French Commandos develop discreet intelligence circle

Much in demand in military operations in Iraq, Syria and the Sahel, French special operations command, or COS (Commandement des [...]

Ukraine
DGSE, DRM back in force in Kiev

The French external intelligence service closed its office in Kiev in 2013 but the DGSE and the DRM are now working all out to track the conflict between Ukraine and Russia.