Pretenders vie for top spy slot

• 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
  

Netanyahu picks Mossad man 

After a six months of internecine warring in the Israeli intelligence world, Tamir Pardo has been appointed the new head of Mossad, beating rival contender General Amos Yadlin.

Israeli commando bungled kidnapping 

Abu Dhabi's State Security, which is leading the investigation into

Paris goes easy on Mossad 

The use of four French passports by the Mossad commando that killed a Hamas chief in Dubai in January has so far only triggered a standard police investigation.

Secret probe into Dubai killing  Free

Dubai has made much of its investigations into the Israeli commando suspected of executing a leading member of Hamas, but it is also looking into two Palestinian suspects.

Meir Dagan 

Meir Dagan, director of Mossad, is not expected to be

Dubai hunts commando that targeted Hamas 

Several intelligence services are helping the Dubai police to hunt down those responsible for the assassination of Mahmoud Abdel Raouf al-Mabhouh, Hamas' head of armaments.

Senior Mossad Aide Jumps Ship 

Upset over failing to be named Meir Dagan's successor as head of Mossad, the agency's number two man has resigned.

Tel Aviv & Beirut: Who Can Best Infiltrate Other? 

Mossad is beavering away at planting spies in southern Lebanon but has run into resistance from Hezbollah and Lebanese intelligence.

Reprieve for Dagan 

Meir Dagan's mandate as boss of Mossad has been extended for a year. That has triggered a race to succeed him.