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The security situation in post-Bashar al-Assad Syria remains tense. Syrian forces search for weapons stashes in Homs, on 23 March 2025.
The security situation in post-Bashar al-Assad Syria remains tense. Syrian forces search for weapons stashes in Homs, on 23 March 2025. © Ebu Bekr Sakka/Anadolu via AFP

Syria
Syria's private security boom

As a new era of instability dawns in post-Assad Syria, security groups are flocking to the country to offer their services protecting embassies, the media and prospecting companies. A British-Emirati firm claims to have been given a licence to operate on the ground.
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French-British national Martin Ryan, accused of espionage, attends a court hearing in Baku, Azerbaijan, on 6 January 2025.
French-British national Martin Ryan, accused of espionage, attends a court hearing in Baku, Azerbaijan, on 6 January 2025. © Aziz Karimov/Reuters

Azerbaijan, France
Legal wrangling between Paris and Baku intensifies

The trial of Martin Ryan, a French-British national who was arrested in late 2023, is due to resume in Baku on 14 April. The stand-off between France and Azerbaijan is currently taking place in the two countries' respective legal courts.
LogoSubscribers only Running story - Caucasian influence war 14.04.2025
The Winter Park Plaza in the Baku Winter Park business centre in Baku, Azerbaijan.
The Winter Park Plaza in the Baku Winter Park business centre in Baku, Azerbaijan. © Winter Park Plaza

Spotlight, Spy Way of Life | Azerbaijan
Baku Winter Park business centre, the headquarters of Azerbaijani influence campaigns

Across the globe, spies love to gather in inconspicuous dens to meet contacts and hold discreet conversations. This week, Intelligence Online visits the Baku Winter Park business centre, which serves as a base for the launch of information campaigns but also as a recruiting ground for spies.
LogoSubscribers only Running story - Caucasian influence war 11.04.2025

Running story | China, Europe, India, Russia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, United States
The geopolitical power plays in Earth observation

As global strategic rivalries return to the fore - in Ukraine, Gaza, the Taiwan Straight and in Africa, where Russia is a force to be reckoned with - accumulating crises are influencing the spy-satellite power players: who observes what, who sets up where, who sows alliances with whom and, increasingly, who releases what data publicly.

LogoSubscribers only Surveillance & Interception 08.04.2025

The Intelligence Gazette
French prison intelligence, Washington strengthens stance on Beijing, Secrecy at Pakistan's Paris embassy, Death penalty for Chinese officer, DGSE

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

FranceNew director for prison intelligence service

United StatesWhite House reinforces stance on China

FranceThe Pakistan embassy in Paris employee who knew too much

ChinaHigh-ranking PLA officer sentenced to death for spying for the US

FranceDGSE combat swimmers' ammunition bunker to grow
LogoSubscribers only Government Intelligence 31.03.2025

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