Yemen

In Yemen the Iran-backed alliance between the Houthi rebels and forces loyal to ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh has been fighting the Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia and backed by Western governments since March 2015 with no political breakthrough in sight. Intelligence Online reports on secret negotiations, the intelligence support and military sales associated with the conflict and sheds light on the political maneuvers of Arab and Western nations with in interest in the situation.

Spotlight SAUDI ARABIA UNITED KINGDOM 26/04/2017

Sauds back in favour at the White House 

US generals now running US foreign policy under Trump have opened the door of the White House to Saudi Arabia, after eight years of Riyadh being shunned by the Obama administration. [...]

SAUDI ARABIA 26/04/2017

Bin Salman sidelines Bin Nayef on security 

The Salman clan is profiting from its honeymoon phase with the Trump administration to consolidate its power in Riyadh. [...]

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. [...]

SAUDI ARABIA 22/03/2017

Arab coalition hires Burson-Marsteller 

According to our information, the Saudi Minister of Defence and deputy crown prince Mohammad bin Salman struck a deal a [...]

UNITED KINGDOM 22/03/2017

Ex-FCO Harris boosts Stabilisation Network team 

Former British diplomat Alistair Harris has recruited several former armed [...]

Spotlight UNITED STATES 08/03/2017

Attack drone technology proliferation changes power-balance in war on terror 

The use of attack drones was once the sole preserve of the Pentagon but home-made devices that are practically impossible to counter are now being used against US forces in numerous theatres of operation. [...]

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES SUDAN 08/03/2017

Janjaweed may head to Sanaa 

Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir visited the IDEX military trade [...]

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES YEMEN 08/03/2017

Abu Dhabi gets tough with Yemen's pro-Coalition loyalists 

The United Arab Emirates is keeping up the pressure on Yemen forces loyal to the Arab Coalition. Abu Dhabi is concerned they are too close to the Islamist forces in Yemen. [...]

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES YEMEN 22/02/2017

UAE ready to jeopardize alliance with Riyadh for Aden 

Yemen’s President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi’s envoys and their Saudi sponsors visited Abu Dhabi in February but they did not [...]

SAUDI ARABIA 08/02/2017

Red Sea incident rubbed salt in commercial sore between France’s Thales, MBDA 

An attack on the Saudi Arabia’s Al Makkah frigate by Houthi forces on January 30 revived another war: the one between Thales and MBDA to equip the Saudi navy with missiles. [...]

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. [...]

SAUDI ARABIA EGYPT 25/01/2017

Sisi backs down on Red Sea islands 

On the advice of the Mukhabarat, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah [...]

SAUDI ARABIA 11/01/2017

Riyadh manages to rein in Oman 

An upcoming summit between Sultan Qaboos Bin Said and King Salman Bin Abdulaziz will see Oman brought into line once and for all after some hard talk with Saudi Arabia. [...]

IRAQ YEMEN 11/01/2017

Popular Mobilisation Forces head for Sanaa 

According to sources in Baghdad and Sanaa, the Iranian Pasdaran [...]

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNITED STATES 11/01/2017

Erik Prince to UAE's rescue in Libya 

Intelligence Online can reveal that Erik Prince, the founder of Blackwater, is one of the main private contractors working on UAE special operations in Libya. [...]

YEMEN 21/12/2016

Ali Abdullah Saleh 

Ali Abdullah Saleh, Yemen's ex-president, is gaining influence in Cairo [...]

SAUDI ARABIA 21/12/2016

Saudi Arabia tries to sideline Oman from GCC 

During the last Gulf Cooperation Council summit, Intelligence Online discovered that against the backdrop of the regional standoff with Iran, Riyadh and its allies went gunning for Oman. [...]

FRANCE 21/12/2016

Erys Group 

Erys Group, the private security firm headed by Arnaud Dessenne [...]

IRAQ 07/12/2016

Iraqi Pasdaran given official status by Baghdad 

While the attention of the military - and the media - is focused on the battle for Mosul, Baghdad has recently passed a law reorganising the armed forces that looks set to spark trouble in the country. [...]