Egypt
Sinai attack: intelligence services under renewed criticism

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Criticism in the Sinai, drones in French skies, Astana nears Baku

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community from Paris to Baku via Cairo.

FranceCommando unit drones in French skies.

Kazakhstan/Azerbaijan/TurkeyKazakh military intelligence moves closer to Azeri counterpart.

EgyptTimid criticism of Sisi's Sinai strategy emerges in Cairo.

Egypt
Sisi's intelligence fails again

The surprise attack on June 5 against an Egyptian security post by the jihadist group Ansar Beit Al Maqdes in [...]

Egypt
Security shakeup amid paranoia

According to our sources, the recent Egyptian ministerial and security [...]

Egypt
Sinai offensive relies on international cooperation

Launched with much fanfare on February 10, a month away from the presidential elections, the Egyptian Army's big offensive against [...]

Egypt
Abbas Kamel overhauls Mukhabarat under Sisi's watchful eye

Working with Abdel Fattah Al Sisi's security advisors, General Abbas Kamel, who became the interim head of Egypt's Mukhabarat in January, has begun laying the groundwork for a rapprochement between the service and Egypt's military intelligence.

Egypt
How Abbas Kamel became Mukhabarat's new chief

Intelligence Online has investigated the sudden sacking in January of the once-powerful Khaled Fawzi as head of the Egyptian intelligence service Mukhabarat.

Egypt
Sisi sticks with Hamas despite July 7 attack

According to a report by the defence attache of a Gulf state in Cairo that Intelligence Online has seen, Egyptian [...]

Egypt
Interior minister under increasing pressure

According to information obtained by Intelligence Online, Egyptian interior minister Majdi Abdul Ghaffar, is coming under increasing criticism in Egyptian [...]

Egypt
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi

Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the Egyptian president, has decided to allow [...]

Egypt
State Security's intelligence victory

After being marginalised in the early months of Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's presidency, Egypt's State Security service has made a big comeback.

Egypt
Intelligence services clash over Sinai

Tension is mounting between Khaled Fawzi, the head of Egypt’s [...]

An isolated Sisi torn between arbitration and force

Although Sudan and Qatar have aligned themselves with Addis Ababa, Egypt is still seeking to block the completion of the GERD.