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Riyadh counts on restored alliance with Islamabad to boost nuclear counter-espionage capacities 

Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence, which is useful to Riyadh as a channel of communication with the Talibans in Afghanistan, is also of interest because of its know-how in the nuclear field. Saudi Arabia plans to provide Pakistan's military industrial complex with fresh financing in return for more help in the development of its own nuclear sector.

CyberArm flies flag for Lebanon in Saudi Arabian cyber 

In a mark of Saudi Arabia's growing appetite for cyber technology, the former head of sales at Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) Fahad Alghamdi, recently joined the advisory board of the Lebanon-based cybersecurity firm CyberArm.

• PARIS - Nathalie Felines makes private security comeback with Erys.

• LONDON - Hakluyt beefs up cyber activities.

• NEW YORK - Veracity Worldwide appoints veteran diplomat to advisory board.
  

• PARIS - Ex-Interlira and Amarante executives reteam at Movisafe.

• LONDON - KPMG probes Britain's 'climate finance' partners.
  

Al Muhairi's dreams of cyber empire with KBBO come crashing down 

The flamboyant businessman's path towards building a cyber empire in the Gulf with help from Western partners appears to have left him bankrupt.

LODI loses battle for damages over Riyadh and Cairo ODAS defence contracts 

The business diplomacy firm LODI Consulting has walked away empty-handed after a lengthy legal wrangle with the ODAS, France's military exports office.

Seoul uses influential agents to break into defence 

If China, much to Washington's dismay, is pushing hard to make its mark on Saudi Arabia's sovereign markets, the real winners of Riyadh's new interest in Asia remain, for now, South Korean.

Israel's cyber industry quietly prospects in Riyadh 

Saudi Arabia is keen to be at the cutting edge of cyber in the Gulf. At the @Hack conference in Riyadh in November, UAE cyber distributors such as Spire and Bulwark were out in force, helping their Israeli partners to establish a foothold in the country.

US intelligence provides Saudi Arabia with targeting support in Yemen 

Washington tried to pull back from supporting Riyadh in the conflict in Yemen but the bitter battle for Marib has kept the Biden administration engaged, with the US Defense Intelligence Agency providing strategic coordinates to the Saudi Air Force.

Hoshan joins dots between Huawei and Mohammed bin Salman's AI sector 

Hoshan Group, initially an office supplies company, is making its mark as the go-to partner for big data in Saudi Arabia, distributing materiel from US-sanctioned Huawei, among other companies.

The ups and downs of Saudi spyplane operator GDC Middle East 

All the Gulf nations are gradually entering the race for ISR aircraft. Saudi Arabia, which relies on an operator taken over by Mohammed bin Salman, is lagging behind its Emirati and Qatari competitors.

Datalink integrates French military surveillance systems sold to Riyadh 

The Saudi company is helping its French partners involved in the satellite communications component of the huge French-Saudi arms programme, SFMC, now underway.

Airbus in a cold sweat over Turki bin Salman vs Saudi Arabian Airlines legal fight 

The European group is keeping a very close eye on the London trial between the Saudi airline and its aircraft lessor that has the potential to disrupt its mega-deal negotiated by core members of the Salman clan.

Following Blenheim, France's ADIT gets into offset consulting 

France's leading corporate intelligence firm is positioning itself in offset consulting, a sector dominated to date by the UK's Blenheim Capital, whose recent woes show how difficult a market this is at the moment.

Gulf sponsors have high hopes in well-connected UK Abraham Accords Group 

The informal diplomatic group was launched in July by a trio of consultants-politicians with extensive business connections in the Abraham Accords countries. Its operations will be headed by a consultant from Pall Mall Communications, which handles PR for the UAE in London.