PM Mohammed al-Sudani reinstates Falcon Cell leader

• IRAQ - Mohammed Shia al-Sudani still helming INIS
  

• FRANCE - Intelligence control commission beefs up retrospective controls outside Paris

• GERMANY - Secrecy clearances under fire in parliament

• IRAQ - Mohammed Shia al-Sudani rallies his troops after sackings.

• GEORGIA - Intelligence service hopes to boost counter-espionage.

• FRANCE - News from the Intelligence College in Europe.

• KAZAKHSTAN - Former KNB leaders targeted in parliament.

New Baghdad Airport security contractor Biznis Intel comes under fire from Iraqi MPs 

Canadian security company Biznis Intel, which was previously unknown in Iraq, has replaced Britain's G4S as the company in charge of security at the capital's airport. This change has raised questions in the Green Zone, however, as the Shiite militias opposed to G4S regain influence.

• GEORGIA - state protection service moves up a rung.
  

• RUSSIA/UKRAINE - Promsvyazbank moves into the Donbass under the eye of Russian financial intelligence.
  

• IRAQ - Mohammed Shia Al Sudani's purge of the security services continues.
  

• FRANCE - Intelligence services' right to consult medical records from the public health system confirmed.
  

Long-delayed ruling in assassination and corruption case awaits new Iraqi PM 

Former CIA director David Petraeus, among other retired intelligence and military officials, offered testimony in the case of Wye Oak v. Iraq. Dale Stoffel, the CEO of the US firm Wye Oak, was murdered in the country in December 2004.

Militias aim for top intelligence seat after Sudani approved as PM 

Just weeks into the job, new Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani is already having to deal with militia rivalries. To keep these in check, the Coordination Framework candidate has also named himself head of the national intelligence service.

USSOCOM still in Q-West base two years after official withdrawal 

Although Washington had announced its complete withdrawal from the Q-West military base, US special forces are still there, with a mission to train the Golden Division, an elite unit of the Iraqi counter-terrorism service.

After Baghdad bombings, Kazimi gives intelligence services a firm shaking 

In the wake of the twin attacks in Bagdad on 21 January, Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kazimi is restructuring the country's main intelligence and security agencies and is using the opportunity to appoint individuals able to answer to him.

Al Kazimi puts intelligence at centre of anti-corruption strategy 

Announced on 31 August by Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kazimi, the composition of the new anti-corruption committee, directly attached [...]