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The RAID (Recherche, Assistance, Intervention, Dissuasion) is the French police elite intervention unit that was founded in 1985. It is in competition with the GIGN and the BRI.

FRANCE AFRICA 29/01/2020

Abidjan becoming France's West Africa intelligence hub 

As well as forging ahead with the new Abidjan-based International Counter-Terrorism Academy (French acronym AILCT) to improve international coordination on [...]

FRANCE 11/12/2019

Delair takes off thanks to Vincent Bolloré 

The drone manufacturer Delair, which recently won its first contracts [...]

FRANCE 18/09/2019

Paris police clean up Bievres battery before shooting range opens 

The Paris Police force is to clean up the former [...]

FRANCE 09/09/2019

Paris in a drone-shopping frenzy 

The French authorities' procurement forecasts see the state buying more than a thousand drones of all sizes over the next decade, much to the delight of industrials. [...]

UNITED KINGDOM CANADA 04/09/2019

Talks in full swing again between Garda and G4S 

Canadian security and cash transportation giant Garda is interested again in acquiring some or all of the British security firm [...]

FRANCE 03/07/2019

Rivolier shepherds Sig Sauer deal with commandos 

Two units attached to France's Special Operations Command, or COS [...]

UNITED STATES RUSSIA 09/01/2019

Ananyev Bros., friends of Kadyrov, haunted by Promsvyazbank ghosts 

Russia's PSB bank has skeletons in its cupboard that were left behind by its previous owners. [...]

IRAQ SYRIA 29/08/2018

Kurds hot on Al Baghdadi's trail 

Sought by the intelligence services of every country fighting Islamic State, the organisation's elusive leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi is being actively hunted by the Kurdish forces. [...]

FRANCE 25/07/2018

Forces fall out over command helicopters 

French army special forces chiefs are up in arms about [...]

FRANCE 28/03/2018

Paris woos Delhi, keeps in with Islamabad 

Although Paris has recently been playing up its security cooperation with the Indian government led by Narendra Modi, a budding [...]

FRANCE 27/12/2017

Full security guard for Macron in Abidjan 

In addition to the Groupe de Securite de la Presidence [...]

FRANCE 29/11/2017

Old regime meets new with Fauvergue 

To celebrate the launch of "Patron du RAID" (Mareuil Editions), [...]

FRANCE 01/11/2017

French terrestrial drones for US commandos 

It is only a small contract for now but it looks set to make a splash. The Navy SEALs have [...]

TURKEY ISRAEL 26/04/2017

Ankara and Tel Aviv cooperate in defence 

According to Intelligence Online's sources, the Turkish defence minister, Fikri [...]

FRANCE SINGAPORE 05/04/2017

Police chiefs search for tecchies at milpol 

The French interior ministry is going all out to upgrade [...]

UNITED STATES 05/04/2017

DIA privatises NMEC, its enemy data exploitation centre 

The management of the National Media Exploitation Center (NMEC), which analyzes documents and hard drives seized on the battlefield, is going to be privatized. [...]

UNITED STATES 05/04/2017

Yemen, Afghanistan ops may save day for CIA 

Under strong fire from Donald Trump, the CIA is attempting to regain the White House's favor by multiplying anti-terrorist operations in Yemen and Afghanistan. [...]

SYRIA 22/03/2017

Russian-Israeli dialogue tested by Tehran 

Like Gulf leaders, Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu does not want to have a Shi’ite arc at Israel’s borders. When he met [...]

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. [...]

UNITED STATES 08/02/2017

How SEAL raid went wrong 

The first special operation launched by President Donald Trump, a SEAL raid in Yakla on January 29, failed to deliver. [...]