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Ali al-Shamsi, the Emirati spymaster facing US ire

The Secretary General of the Supreme National Security Council of the United Arab Emirates, Ali al-Shamsi, on 12 September 2024 in Saint Petersburg.
The Secretary General of the Supreme National Security Council of the United Arab Emirates, Ali al-Shamsi, on 12 September 2024 in Saint Petersburg. © Kristina Kormilitsyna/Sputnik/Kremlin/Reuters
At the head of Abu Dhabi's intelligence service for the last two years, Ali al-Shamsi finds himself managing an unprecedented crisis for the tiny emirate. His major security ally in Washington is waging a war of influence that he had not foreseen. [...]
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