ALL ARTICLES - Middle East

Turkey, UAE
Mid-consolidation, EDGE eyes Turkish defence industry

Parallel to Khaled bin Mohammed's efforts to further concentrate the UAE's defence industry under EDGE, the state-owned conglomerate has been looking for opportunities to acquire forerunner Turkish defence equipment.

Israel
Hacking attack on veterans' association embarrasses Mossad and Shin Bet

Personal data on Shin Bet veterans might have been stolen when their association's website was hacked recently.

Kuwait
Mohammed Al Mutairi seeks cyber protection tools for Kuwait at Milipol

After a major hacking attack in September, Kuwait is looking to shore up the cyber protection of its institutions.

France, Iran, Israel
French intelligence missions hone in on Tehran

Two of the DGSE's new mission centres have turned their focus to Iran, following Tehran's public support of Hamas and greater involvement in the Middle East since the current crisis.

The Tech Times
French cyber in Riyadh, STM tests ISR underwater drone, Raytheon Cyber develops Naval Information Warfare Center tools

From SIGINT to GEOINT and OSINT and a dose of cyber, each week we report on events both big and small that matter in the community of technical intelligence providers.

Riyadh French cyber brainstorms plans for Saudi Arabia

Ankara STM and Havelsan trial underwater drones in sea

Charleston Raytheon Cyber wins Naval Information Warfare Centre's cyber R&D

Israel
Rafael's ISR Spark drone receives baptism of fire in Gaza

Rafael's SPARK state-of-the-art reconnaissance drone is the backbone of the Tsahal's intelligence in the urban combat against Hamas in Gaza.

France, Kurdistan, Syria
Anti-ISIS fighter contests DGSI surveillance that led to his trial for terrorism

The defence team of a former French soldier of the Kurdish YPG, who fought against the Islamic State in Syria alongside the French special forces, has filed suit against the DGSI, France's domestic intelligence agency, over its surveillance of him that led to his trial for terrorism.

Israel
Israeli cyber providers called to assist intelligence services

Since Hamas's 7 October attack on Israel, Unit 8200 has been closing ranks with ex-officers, who are now heavyweights in the country's cyber intelligence sector. The goal is to bolster Israel's technical intelligence capacities and to understand why the intelligence community failed to predict the attack.

The Intelligence Gazette
USAID, US interference control, French military intelligence, DNI's Asia-focused OSINT, Richard Barlow

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

BelarusWashington appoints new Office of Transition Initiatives representative

United StatesIntelligence keeps watch of foreign funding for universities

FranceDefence intelligence agency to monitor French veterans working for foreign companies

United StatesDirector of National Intelligence's Asia-focused OSINT

United Kingdom/Pakistan/United StatesAnother Richard Barlow in the Pakistani diplomatic sphere

Middle East
Gulf nations seek joint response to Iranian hackers

In the face of mounting cyberattacks, the Gulf Cooperation Council wants to put on a united front, even as the current regional context jeopardises Israel's involvement.

Iran, Israel
Western intelligence keeping close watch on Iran's Revolutionary Guard units 340 and 190

Western intelligence services are paying close attention to the growing number of missile attacks being carried out against Israel by the Houthis in Yemen, with help from Unit 340 of Iran's Revolutionary Guards.

Oman, United Kingdom
Labour MPs build on Muscat networks

A delegation of Labour Party MPs called on British lawyer Paul Sheridan's firm and its many connections with the Omani business world to open doors in Muscat.