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French military intelligence tries to get back into battle order under new director

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Jacques de Montgros, the new Director of Military Intelligence.
Jacques de Montgros, the new Director of Military Intelligence. © Carol Valade/AFP

After a turbulent period, France's military intelligence service, the DRM, aims to resume its efforts to reorganise and rise to the challenge posed by the data "tsunami" despite still being faced with major technical and human resources challenges.

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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
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