Emmanuel Macron

The Agencies' Gazette
More funds for French disinformation fight, US counterterrorism appointment, a ex-DGSE spy at Paris police HQ

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

FranceForeign ministry pours funds into disinformation fight

United StatesNo surprise in State Department counterterrorist appointment

FrancePatrice Faure, another DGSE spy at the Paris Police Prefecture

France, Syria
Kassimy brothers emerge as key to Paris-Damascus business axis

With their extensive Parisian connections, lawyer Saladin Kassimy and his brother Jamal are opening doors for French companies keen to secure reconstruction contracts in Syria, their country of origin.

France, Syria
French diplomats and consultants on Damascus business visit

In addition to representatives from big companies interested in the country, the delegation from French employers' association MEDEF that visited Damascus on 1 October included several new faces representing French business diplomacy in the region.

The Agencies' Gazette
Russian spies in Paris, PNIJ investigated, American bullying in Riga, pigeon-free Chinese parade

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

France/RussiaHalf of Russia's intelligence officers in Paris have been replaced

FrancePNIJ due to be scrutinised by Court of Auditors

United States/LatviaTensions at American Embassy in Riga

ChinaLocal informants secure military parade

Cambodia, France, Russia
Phnom Penh tries its hand at trade diplomacy

Cambodia is deploying envoys around the world, from Beijing to Washington via Moscow, in order to attract investors. Paris is not among the capitals where the first 19 trade attachés will be sent, although a Franco-Cambodian businessman is helping train them in economic intelligence.