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Saudi Arabia
Abdullah makes peace with Sultan clan

The Saudi king has made peace with the descendants of the late Sultan bin Abdulaziz, after six months of bitter feuding.

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Syria
Mukhabarat behind ISIS mayhem, claim

There are indications that the "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" has been manipulated to stir up divisions in Syria's opposition.

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Syria, Turkey
Shadow wars on the border

Damascus has launched a campaign of reprisals after the Turkish Air Force shot down a Syrian helicopter that had violated [...]

Free access 25.09.2013

France, Kurdistan
Boris Boillon’s missions in Erbil

The probe into the cash that former French ambassador Boris Boillon was carrying when he was stopped by customs on [...]

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France, Lebanon
George Nader

George Nader, the Christian general who commands Lebanon's paratroopers, will [...]

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Russia, Syria
Russian fears

The Russian ambassador in Beirut, Alexander Zasypkin, has been making [...]

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Lebanon
Palestinian activism

Tensions in Lebanon, fanned by the conflict in neighbouring Syria, [...]

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Lebanon
Car-bombings trigger new wave of panic

An investigation by the Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF) after [...]

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Iran
Rohani v Revolutionary Guard

Iran's new President Hassan Rohani urged the Revolutionary Guard, or [...]

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Israel, United States
Rafael's agent in Washington

The Israeli defence group Rafael has signed with the PR [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 25.09.2013

Spotlight | Saudi Arabia, United States | Defence
Riyadh rethinks military without US

US moves in the region in the past couple of years have prompted some serious thought in Saudi Arabia: Despite the two countries' alliance, would Barack Obama intervene militarily if the Saudi monarchy came under threat?

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France, Syria
Paris's doctors in the field

Having financed medical aid in Syrian conflict zones since the beginning of the country's crisis last year, France has built [...]

Subscribers only Agencies 11.09.2013

Syria
Ankara’s Turkish jihadist brigade

To combat the Syrian Kurdish movement PYD, which occupies part of the border between Syria and Turkey, Turkey has encouraged [...]

Free access Defence 11.09.2013