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Israel
HUMINT rethink underway

The Israeli intelligence community has embarked on a top to bottom overhaul of intelligence gathering from human sources.

Subscribers only 22.08.2012

Palestine
Khaled Meshaal

Khaled Meshaal could be reelected head of Hamas' political bureau. [...]

Subscribers only 22.08.2012

Spotlight | Iran, Saudi Arabia, Syria
Bandar on offensive against Damascus, Tehran

King Abdullah appointed Bandar bin Sultan as the new head of the General Intelligence Directorate (GID), the Saudi external intelligence service, on July 19, with a view to expanding the kingdom's covert operations in the region. The two objectives he [...]

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Kurdistan, Turkey, United States
CIA, MIT merge Kurdish services

Increasingly active in Iraqi Kurdistan, Washington and Ankara will oversee the merger of Kurdistan's intelligence services into a single structure.

Subscribers only 18.07.2012

Saudi Arabia
Prince Mutaib's anti-Shi'ite crackdown

Saudi Arabia's government has deployed the National Guard and mobilized the security services to clamp down on unrest among Shi'ites in Qatif and Ihsaa.

Subscribers only 18.07.2012

Syria
New defections rumoured

After the Tlass family, who were spirited away to Paris last month after many months of planning (IOL 661), the [...]

Subscribers only 18.07.2012

Afghanistan
NATO hand-me-downs for Central Asia

With NATO poised to withdraw from Afghanistan by 2014, large quantities of used military materiel is to be supplied free [...]

Subscribers only Defence 18.07.2012

Syria
Rebel rebels cause chaos

Armed Islamist groups fighting Syrian government forces are operating increasingly independently of the Syrian Free Army (SFA). Lieutenant-Colonel Abdul Sattar [...]

Subscribers only Defence 18.07.2012

France, Qatar
Commission row troubles Thales in Qatar

A consultant who is very well-connected in the emirate claims the French defence group owes him millions in fees.

Subscribers only 18.07.2012

France, Saudi Arabia
Mazen al-Sawwaf, Paris' man in Riyadh

Saudi Arabian Mazen al Sawwaf, who is linked to the powerful Saudi Binladin Group, has become French business's key point person in Arabia.

Subscribers only 18.07.2012

Saudi Arabia
Abdulaziz bin Ahmed al- Saud

Abdulaziz bin Ahmed al- Saud, the son of Saudi Arabia's [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 18.07.2012

Saudi Arabia
David Petraeus

David Petraeus, who has been head of the CIA for [...]

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Turkey
Hakan Fidan

Hakan Fidan, the director of the Milli Istihbarat Teskilati (MIT), [...]

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Lebanon, Syria
Hezbollah makes plans for apres-Assad

A report has been circulated to Hezbollah top brass recommending [...]

Subscribers only Defence, Back-Door Diplomacy 18.07.2012

Iran
Conference on Strait of Hormuz

A conference hosted by the Revolutionary Guards, or Pasdaran, on [...]

Subscribers only Defence 18.07.2012

Syria
Same Soviet weapons for army and rebels

The Syrian Army, which is equipped with Soviet military materiel, [...]

Subscribers only Defence 18.07.2012

Lebanon
Hezbollah loses drone

After receiving training in Iran, Hezbollah’s embryonic air force is [...]

Subscribers only 18.07.2012

Syria
Defector tours Gulf states

After defecting in Kurdistan on July 12, the former Syrian [...]

Subscribers only Agencies 18.07.2012

Iraq
Majors prefer Erbil

Hot on the heels of Total, which began negotiations at [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 18.07.2012

Libya
Crackdown on foreign security firms

The provisional Libyan government issued a decree last month (no. [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 04.07.2012

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All articles - Middle East

Israel
HUMINT rethink underway

Palestine
Khaled Meshaal

Spotlight | Iran, Saudi Arabia, Syria
Bandar on offensive against Damascus, Tehran

Kurdistan, Turkey, United States
CIA, MIT merge Kurdish services

Saudi Arabia
Prince Mutaib's anti-Shi'ite crackdown

Syria
New defections rumoured

Afghanistan
NATO hand-me-downs for Central Asia

Syria
Rebel rebels cause chaos

France, Qatar
Commission row troubles Thales in Qatar

France, Saudi Arabia
Mazen al-Sawwaf, Paris' man in Riyadh

Saudi Arabia
Abdulaziz bin Ahmed al- Saud

Saudi Arabia
David Petraeus

Turkey
Hakan Fidan

Lebanon, Syria
Hezbollah makes plans for apres-Assad

Iran
Conference on Strait of Hormuz

Syria
Same Soviet weapons for army and rebels

Lebanon
Hezbollah loses drone

Syria
Defector tours Gulf states

Iraq
Majors prefer Erbil

Libya
Crackdown on foreign security firms

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All articles - Middle East

Israel HUMINT rethink underway

Palestine Khaled Meshaal

Spotlight | Iran, Saudi Arabia, Syria Bandar on offensive against Damascus, Tehran

Kurdistan, Turkey, United States CIA, MIT merge Kurdish services

Saudi Arabia Prince Mutaib's anti-Shi'ite crackdown

Syria New defections rumoured

Afghanistan NATO hand-me-downs for Central Asia

Syria Rebel rebels cause chaos

France, Qatar Commission row troubles Thales in Qatar

France, Saudi Arabia Mazen al-Sawwaf, Paris' man in Riyadh

Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz bin Ahmed al- Saud

Saudi Arabia David Petraeus

Turkey Hakan Fidan

Lebanon, Syria Hezbollah makes plans for apres-Assad

Iran Conference on Strait of Hormuz

Syria Same Soviet weapons for army and rebels

Lebanon Hezbollah loses drone

Syria Defector tours Gulf states

Iraq Majors prefer Erbil

Libya Crackdown on foreign security firms

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Israel
HUMINT rethink underway

Palestine
Khaled Meshaal

Spotlight | Iran, Saudi Arabia, Syria
Bandar on offensive against Damascus, Tehran

Kurdistan, Turkey, United States
CIA, MIT merge Kurdish services

Saudi Arabia
Prince Mutaib's anti-Shi'ite crackdown

Syria
New defections rumoured

Afghanistan
NATO hand-me-downs for Central Asia

Syria
Rebel rebels cause chaos

France, Qatar
Commission row troubles Thales in Qatar

France, Saudi Arabia
Mazen al-Sawwaf, Paris' man in Riyadh

Saudi Arabia
Abdulaziz bin Ahmed al- Saud

Saudi Arabia
David Petraeus

Turkey
Hakan Fidan

Lebanon, Syria
Hezbollah makes plans for apres-Assad

Iran
Conference on Strait of Hormuz

Syria
Same Soviet weapons for army and rebels

Lebanon
Hezbollah loses drone

Syria
Defector tours Gulf states

Iraq
Majors prefer Erbil

Libya
Crackdown on foreign security firms