FRANCE / INDIA Published on 16/08/2017 Business moghul Ambani is key partner for defence contracts between France and India
AFRICA / CENTRAL ASIA / MIDDLE EAST Published on 07/09/2016 Ivor Ichikowitz, the worldwide connections of the South African arms magnate
IRAN / UNITED KINGDOM Published on 17/02/2016 Norman Lamont, pillar of the British-Iranian business community
SAUDI ARABIA RUSSIA 18/10/2017 Salman ready to allow Bashar to remain A meeting between Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz and [...]
CHINA 06/09/2017 Beijing's military think-tank scrutinizes Islamic State China's Military Sciences Academy hosts the military intelligence service, or [...]
SYRIA 06/09/2017 Damascus caught between Iranian militias and Russian reassurance A delegation of high level military officials from Tehran and Moscow pitched competing strategies to Syria's military top brass for the future shape of its armed forces at a closed meeting in Damascus last month. [...]
ISRAEL 23/08/2017 Mossad fears its Syria policy is failing This week, Israel's PM Benyamin Netanyahou made a hasty visit to Sochi with Yossi Cohen, the head of Mossad, to [...]
FRANCE 05/07/2017 Franco-Russian initiative mooted for Near East According to our sources, Philippe Etienne, President Emmanuel Macron's new [...]
JORDAN 07/06/2017 Abdallah II ready to intervene directly and by proxy in Syria King Abdallah II of Jordan is putting the finishing touches to a plan to intervene militarily in Syria. The monarch, [...]
UNITED KINGDOM SYRIA 05/04/2017 Retired diplomat Peter Ford cosies up to Assad Peter Ford, who was an outspoken critic of former Prime [...]
SYRIA LEBANON 08/03/2017 Nasrallah’s Hezbollah caught between Iran and Syria Damascus’ proxy Hezbollah also has to deal with Iran, which is calling for it to deploy more fighters in Syria, and Russia which wants it to leave Syria. [...]
SYRIA JORDAN 22/02/2017 Amman consolidates rapprochement with Damascus Jordan’s security heavyweights are reconnecting with Syria via the Kremlin. [...]
UNITED KINGDOM MIDDLE EAST 08/02/2017 Syrian rebels’ British flack bounces back with In2-Comms Paul Tilley, who works regularly for the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) on communications in countries in crisis, has opened a discreet office in Turkey. [...]
QATAR SYRIA UNITED KINGDOM 25/01/2017 Doha gives airtime to Syrian rebels Free Despite its difficulties, the Syrian opposition continues to have the support of Doha which is preparing to launch a new [...]
SYRIA 21/12/2016 Damascus wins Aleppo intelligence battle Free Like their Western counterparts, the Turkish and Gulf region intelligence services are wondering how the Syrian Army was able to [...]
LEBANON 07/12/2016 Aoun faces Syrian challenge Michel Aoun, Lebanon’s new president, is already struggling to hold [...]
SAUDI ARABIA 26/10/2016 Behind the Cairo-Riyadh split Saudi Arabia and Egypt are deeply divided over their strategic differences. Intelligence Online investigates. [...]
UNITED KINGDOM 26/10/2016 Neumans, legal relay for Talabani The London law firm Neumans, which specialises in international sanctions law, is close to Kurdistan’s ex-president Jalal Talabani. It has a solid network of business contacts in Iraqi Kurdistan. [...]
CHINA 14/09/2016 Beijing has reasons to join fight against IS The suicide attack against the Chinese embassy in Kyrgyzstan on August 30 strengthened China’s determination to take part in the coalition against Islamic State. [...]
SYRIA 14/09/2016 Power struggle in Al Nusra Front Tension is growing inside the Fatah al-Sham Front, the former Al Nusra Front, according to a Gulf state embassy internal [...]
