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Iran, Israel, United Kingdom
John Sawers

John Sawers, the director of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6 [...]

Subscribers only 19.09.2012

Spotlight | Syria
Clandestine operations of little help to rebels

Diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis in Syria having achieved nothing, in recent months Western nations have dropped hints that they are providing unofficial support to the opposition forces fighting Bashar Al Assad’s regime. However, despite the talk, only very [...]

Subscribers only Defence 19.09.2012

Lebanon
FSI sifts through Samaha evidence

Lebanon's Forces de Securite Interieure (FSI) are poring over documents seized at the home of Michel Samaha, who was arrested last month on suspicion of transporting explosives for Damascus.

Subscribers only 05.09.2012

Syria, Turkey
Syria: Turkish fighters on both sides

Turkish volunteers are fighting alongside the jihadist groups combating Bashar al-Assad's regime. However the Syrian Army also has its share of Turkish proxies.

Subscribers only 05.09.2012

Saudi Arabia
Salman prepares for succession

Shortly after Saudi King Abdullah's departure for his palace in Casablanca on August 27, Crown Prince Salman called two grand [...]

Subscribers only Agencies 05.09.2012

Iran, Yemen
War on Iranian networks

Informed by US and Saudi intelligence services, Yemen’s President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi has taken a tough stance against Tehran [...]

Subscribers only Operations 05.09.2012

Saudi Arabia
Raytheon challenges Thales and MBDA

After slugging it out for the past six months over the huge Mark-3 contract to modernise Saudi Arabia’s short-range air [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 05.09.2012

Saudi Arabia
Salman bin Abdulaziz

Salman bin Abdulaziz, Saudi Arabia's crown prince and interim head [...]

Subscribers only 05.09.2012

Bahrain, United Kingdom
British training in explosives detection

British experts are training Bahraini public security and interior ministry [...]

Subscribers only Defence 05.09.2012

Syria
Clandestine transport

After the departure of Nicolas Sarkozy, who was very close [...]

Subscribers only Defence 05.09.2012

Iran
Nuclear architect returns

He disappeared shortly after being publicly identified in 2008 as [...]

Subscribers only Defence 05.09.2012

Syria
Ahmed Jibril's supporters jump ship

After Hamas and Islamic Jihad, the Popular Front for the [...]

Subscribers only Agencies 05.09.2012

Lebanon, Syria
Hezbollah torn apart over Syria

On the eve of Hezbollah's ninth annual congress, the organisation's political and military leaders are in sharp disagreement over the Syrian crisis.

Subscribers only 22.08.2012

Egypt, United States
DIA's Egyptian gamble

The US Defense minister is trying to re-establish links with an Egyptian military that has been stripped of its powers [...]

Subscribers only Agencies 22.08.2012

Turkey
Syrian Kurds stage PKK putsch

The support that Damascus is providing to the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) has upset the balance of power between the [...]

Subscribers only Defence 22.08.2012

Syria, Turkey
The MIT

The MIT, Turkey's intelligence service, debriefed Syrian Brigadier General Manaf [...]

Subscribers only 22.08.2012

Egypt, United States
New army chief mistrusts Washington

The Pentagon may have a tough job on its hands [...]

Subscribers only Defence 22.08.2012

Palestine
Islamic Jihad looks for safer haven

Following the example set by Hamas' at the beginning of [...]

Subscribers only Back-Door Diplomacy 22.08.2012

Syria
Mystery assassinations in Syria

Western intelligence services are struggling to fathom the cause of [...]

Subscribers only Operations 22.08.2012

Iraq
Baasthists go home

Profiting from its rapprochement with Damascus, the Iraqi government led [...]

Subscribers only Agencies 22.08.2012

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Middle East & Africa

Iran, Israel, United Kingdom
John Sawers

Spotlight | Syria
Clandestine operations of little help to rebels

Lebanon
FSI sifts through Samaha evidence

Syria, Turkey
Syria: Turkish fighters on both sides

Saudi Arabia
Salman prepares for succession

Iran, Yemen
War on Iranian networks

Saudi Arabia
Raytheon challenges Thales and MBDA

Saudi Arabia
Salman bin Abdulaziz

Bahrain, United Kingdom
British training in explosives detection

Syria
Clandestine transport

Iran
Nuclear architect returns

Syria
Ahmed Jibril's supporters jump ship

Lebanon, Syria
Hezbollah torn apart over Syria

Egypt, United States
DIA's Egyptian gamble

Turkey
Syrian Kurds stage PKK putsch

Syria, Turkey
The MIT

Egypt, United States
New army chief mistrusts Washington

Palestine
Islamic Jihad looks for safer haven

Syria
Mystery assassinations in Syria

Iraq
Baasthists go home

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Iran, Israel, United Kingdom John Sawers

Spotlight | Syria Clandestine operations of little help to rebels

Lebanon FSI sifts through Samaha evidence

Syria, Turkey Syria: Turkish fighters on both sides

Saudi Arabia Salman prepares for succession

Iran, Yemen War on Iranian networks

Saudi Arabia Raytheon challenges Thales and MBDA

Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdulaziz

Bahrain, United Kingdom British training in explosives detection

Syria Clandestine transport

Iran Nuclear architect returns

Syria Ahmed Jibril's supporters jump ship

Lebanon, Syria Hezbollah torn apart over Syria

Egypt, United States DIA's Egyptian gamble

Turkey Syrian Kurds stage PKK putsch

Syria, Turkey The MIT

Egypt, United States New army chief mistrusts Washington

Palestine Islamic Jihad looks for safer haven

Syria Mystery assassinations in Syria

Iraq Baasthists go home

The weekly summary

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Indigo Publications' websites

Iran, Israel, United Kingdom
John Sawers

Spotlight | Syria
Clandestine operations of little help to rebels

Lebanon
FSI sifts through Samaha evidence

Syria, Turkey
Syria: Turkish fighters on both sides

Saudi Arabia
Salman prepares for succession

Iran, Yemen
War on Iranian networks

Saudi Arabia
Raytheon challenges Thales and MBDA

Saudi Arabia
Salman bin Abdulaziz

Bahrain, United Kingdom
British training in explosives detection

Syria
Clandestine transport

Iran
Nuclear architect returns

Syria
Ahmed Jibril's supporters jump ship

Lebanon, Syria
Hezbollah torn apart over Syria

Egypt, United States
DIA's Egyptian gamble

Turkey
Syrian Kurds stage PKK putsch

Syria, Turkey
The MIT

Egypt, United States
New army chief mistrusts Washington

Palestine
Islamic Jihad looks for safer haven

Syria
Mystery assassinations in Syria

Iraq
Baasthists go home