Afghan planes in Tashkent, Russian military engineers decorated, DNI

Private contractors flock to new Pentagon guerrilla warfare study centre 

The future Irregular Warfare Center, set up to educate the special forces of the United States and its allies, will be assisted by Morgan 6 and Valens Global, two companies founded by USSOCOM veterans.

Paris Olympic Games intelligence apparatus coming together 

The intelligence services have started to put the pieces into place for the Olympic Intelligence Centre (OIC). The Court of Auditors recently warned that in terms of security, France is unprepared for the Paris 2024 Games.

Belgium wants its intelligence services to keep tabs on Chinese investments 

The draft law aimed at creating a body to "filter" foreign investments, which is in line with the approach taken by more and more European countries, has met with reluctance from Standing Committee R.

• JORDAN/UNITED STATES - Abdullah II puts intelligence at centre of US visit agenda

• UNITED KINGDOM - GCHQ's mystery Manchester accelerator
  

• UKRAINE/UNITED STATES - Washington determined to fill Ukraine's military gaps
  

• FRANCE - Cybersecurity chief eyes defence procurement role

• IRAQ - PKK renews high command's mandate and reaffirms strategic priorities

• FRANCE - DGSI's role in counterterrorism secured

• RUSSIA/CHINA - Beijing counts on Russia to promote SCO

• USA/GEORGIA - Washington confirms its commitment to Tbilisi

• FRANCE/UKRAINE - Florence Parly sticks to low estimate on Paris's Ukraine spending

• 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
  

• 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

• ISRAEL/GULF - Riyadh, Abu Dhabi and Manama eye Tel Aviv's anti-missile shield
  

• TURKEY/KAZAKHSTAN - Kazakh and Turkish military intelligence services strengthen rapprochement

• FRANCE - President Emmanuel Macron and Special Forces' love-in continues