Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan

France, Middle East
Macron to woo Gulf sovereign wealth funds at Choose France summit

After kicking off his fifth Choose France summit next week, the French president has lined up an energy transition-focused meeting with representatives of numerous sovereign funds from the Arab peninsula.

UAE
Digital14 poised for takeover by Edge Group

With his takeover of the country's security sector complete, the UAE's National Security Adviser Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan is about to make Digital14, owned by ADQ, a part of Edge Group's Electronic Warfare & Cyber Technologies cluster.

Spotlight | France, UAE
Sylvain Vieujot, the richest Frenchman in Dubai, caught up in dynastic power struggle

Equitativa Group's Emirates REIT, one of the largest property trusts in the Gulf, is the subject of several investigations and a lawsuit from a former partner linked to Tahnoon bin Zayed. The business duo Vieujot-Mouquet, who are connected to MbZ, are also being closely watched.

Spotlight | France, Saudi Arabia
With European priorities on its mind EDF lets slide Saudi nuclear power projects

Riyadh is becoming frustrated as the French group EDF procrastinates, leaving the door open to Chinese aspirations.

Syria, Turkey
Turkish and Syrian spymasters making furtive moves to prepare for future normalisation

Though far from singing the praises of Bashar Al Assad's regime, Ankara recognises that the regime's continued existence points to a need to restore dialogue between the two countries. Turkey's intelligence service, the MIT, is taking the first steps towards this.

Saudi Arabia, Yemen
Together with Abu Dhabi, Riyadh sets up a new Yemeni Presidential Council

While still trying to find a way out of the Yemeni conflict, Riyadh - in close cooperation with its Gulf allies - has just set up a new council made up of the highest ranking senior loyalists.

The Agencies' Gazette
Israeli anti-missile system, Turkish-Kazakh cooperation, Macron decorates special forces

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community from London to Paris via Nur-Sultan.

Israel/GulfRiyadh, Abu Dhabi and Manama eye Tel Aviv's anti-missile shield

Turkey/KazakhstanKazakh and Turkish military intelligence services strengthen rapprochement

FrancePresident Emmanuel Macron and Special Forces' love-in continues

Saudi Arabia
MbS to follow World Defense Show with 'Davos of Aeronautics'

Modelled on his "Davos in the desert", the Future Investment Initiative, Mohammed bin Salman will launch the new high-end Future Aviation Forum in May. Still riding on the buzz of his first defence show, the Saudi crown prince has been organising several global events to rival Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

UAE
UAE's Digital14 reshuffles top line-up as it draws closer to EDGE Group

The Emirati firm has quietly begun to overhaul its management as it continues to align itself with the state-owned defence group, all the while forming closer ties with Israeli cyber specialists.

France, Saudi Arabia, UAE, United States
Britain's UAE-focused PR firm Brunswick sets sights on Saudi Arabia

The PR firm which handles UAE's cultural soft power has hired Canadian Gulf cultural heritage expert France Desmarais, the brains behind the promotion of Saudi Arabia's Diriyah Gate development, as Abu Dhabi and Riyadh jostle for a place on the world's cultural heritage map.