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Bashar Al Assad appoints new spymasters for a new diplomatic era

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President Bashar Al Assad has overhauled Syria's intelligence services in recent weeks in a bid to foster the regime's legitimacy.

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The Agencies' Gazette
Hossam Louka in Riyadh, State Department's generosity to Chisinau, France's Zahra center

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

Syria/Saudi ArabiaHossam Louka pops up in Riyadh.

United States/MoldovaChisinau biggest receiver of US fund to counter Russian influence.

France/IranFormer pro-Iranian Centre Zahra France official fails to block asset freeze.
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James O'Brien, who served as US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs from 2023 to 2025, chairs the Steady State collective.
Spotlight | United States As the midterms approach, intelligence veterans join the campaign UAE Abu Dhabi seeks PR support on Sudan file
Members of the Sudanese Armed Forces in Omdurman, Sudan, on 9 March 2024.
China, Netherlands Chinese chipmaker approaches investigators ahead of multi-billion-dollar claim against Netherlands
The HQ of chip manufacturer Nexperia, owned by Chinese group Wingtech, in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, on 14 January 2026.
France, Russia Moscow gets permission to carry out inventories of Russian religious sites in Nice Yemen UAE's abandoned stockpile of weapons finds new users across Yemen
Abu Dhabi established one of its main military bases in southern Yemen at Al-Rayyan Airport. Photo taken on 5 January 2026.
The Agencies' Gazette | China, France, United States DIA's ongoing vacancy, re-election at French intel vets body, PLA's anti-corruption meetings

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James O'Brien, who served as US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs from 2023 to 2025, chairs the Steady State collective.
Spotlight | United States As the midterms approach, intelligence veterans join the campaign UAE Abu Dhabi seeks PR support on Sudan file
Members of the Sudanese Armed Forces in Omdurman, Sudan, on 9 March 2024.
China, Netherlands Chinese chipmaker approaches investigators ahead of multi-billion-dollar claim against Netherlands
The HQ of chip manufacturer Nexperia, owned by Chinese group Wingtech, in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, on 14 January 2026.
France, Russia Moscow gets permission to carry out inventories of Russian religious sites in Nice Yemen UAE's abandoned stockpile of weapons finds new users across Yemen
Abu Dhabi established one of its main military bases in southern Yemen at Al-Rayyan Airport. Photo taken on 5 January 2026.
The Agencies' Gazette | China, France, United States DIA's ongoing vacancy, re-election at French intel vets body, PLA's anti-corruption meetings

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