Defence

Egypt, Israel
Abbas Kamel keeps the calm in Gaza for Biden's visit

Familiar with mediation between Israel and Palestine, the Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas Kamel was back in action during the US president's visit to Gaza, a task made no easier with a remnant from the Six-Day War in the background.

Syria
Syrian army and Syrian Democratic Forces join forces to face Erdogan's intervention threats

As the Turkish president continues to threaten a new intervention in Syria, the Syrian Democratic Forces have finally opted to form an ad hoc alliance with the regime in Damascus, offering it a long hoped for opportunity to return to north-eastern Syria.

France, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria
Amarante well placed for "failed states" Levant study contract

The international relations department of the French armed forces ministry, which likes to carry out long studies involving several outside contractors, has issued a tender call for a new study of three countries in the Levant region, which it describes without qualms as "failed states".

United Kingdom, United States
Anglo-American ISR specialist sets up his own company

Anglo-American ISR specialist Jamie Meighan has set up his own company to assist companies and governments looking to improve their ability to carry out drone intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions.

The Agencies' Gazette
Domenach at the CNRLT, Mossad in Manama, Romanian cyber

Appointments, reforms and key issues: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets of news, big and small, from the global intelligence community. This week we head to Tel Aviv, Paris and Bucharest.

Israel/BahrainFirst class of Manama spies complete course with Israeli intelligence.

FranceMuriel Domenach tipped to become new anti-terrorism intelligence boss.

RomaniaBucharest urgently looking for recruits for new cybersecurity directorate.

Lebanon, United Kingdom
Ark Group wins British contract to support Lebanese Armed Forces

Ark Group is taking over the Lebanese Armed Forces National Security Assistance Programme, run for the past ten years by The Risk Advisory Group, amid growing insecurity in the country.

United States
US's arms shipments to Ukraine putting pressure on CIA-Pentagon cooperation

The upscaling of military assistance to Ukraine is testing cooperation between the CIA and the US Department of Defense amid heightened fears about the fate of Western weapons.

Russia, Ukraine
Ukrainian and Russian intelligence services keep close watch over Kerch Strait Bridge

The Russian bridge over the 35 km-long strait, which has both symbolic and strategic importance, has been kept under increased surveillance by both the Ukrainian and Russian intelligence services in recent months.

France
Tighter controls on the way over defence and intelligence officials switching to the private sector

Among the many legislative reforms to be put forward in France's future revised military planning law, there is a proposal to keep tighter control of armed forces ministry officials looking to move into the private sector.

Iran
Mohammad Kazemi already at work reorganising the Revolutionary Guards' intelligence service

Only just appointed to his new post as head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' intelligence service, Mohammad Kazemi intends to respond rapidly to Ali Khamenei's wish to reform this key component of the regime's security apparatus.

Spotlight | Bangladesh, France, United Kingdom
French firm Intersec beats US giant SS8 for Bangladeshi geolocation contract

The French geolocation specialist Intersec has snatched a contract with Bangladesh's answer to the NSA from under the noses of US leader SS8 and British offshoot Creativity Software.

Russia, Ukraine
Beregini, the shadowy Ukrainian hacker group cheered by Russian intelligence

A self-described group of Ukrainian hackers acting against Kyiv's policies, Beregini, has been gathering strong public support from experts close to intelligence circles in Moscow.

The Tech Telegraph
Anno.io, French navy, Keysight Technologies, XCI

Whether in SIGINT, GEOINT, OSINT or cyber, we report each week on developments great and small in the world of technical intelligence providers.

Reston Brain drain at Anno.io.

Paris/Brest Athanor to renew French navy AIS.

New York US electronic warfare specialist Keysight Technologies loses CTO.

Aalborg Danish DPI firm XCI reorganises sales team.

Russia
Russia focuses on increasingly strategic Arctic

The Kremlin is determined that sanctions will not affect business in the Arctic. With official encouragement, Russian business leaders are changing the map of the region in the wake of an exodus by Western companies.