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MI5

The Security Service, better known as MI5, is Britain’s counterintelligence service responsible for internal security. It is in charge of counterterrorism.

France
Security stalwart SSF looks to boost its business intelligence practice

Scutum group subsidiary SSF has produced a background checking system to enable TV producers to avoid employing candidates and actors with dubious credentials.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 15.12.2021

Iraq
Qassem Al Araji treads carefully with results of probe into PM Kadhimi's attempted assassination

After a drone attack on the home of the Iraqi prime minister last month, the country's national security adviser Qassem Al Araji fell short of naming potential perpetrators when unveiling his findings on 29 November to avoid stirring the Shi'ite militia hornet's nest.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 09.12.2021

Spotlight | Turkey, UAE
Baykar drones at heart of Turkish-Emirati reconciliation

Turkey and the UAE are committed to normalising their relations and hope to see a fruitful economic relationship emerge based on defence investments. All this depends, however, on the two countries being able to take the sting out of certain sticking points, not least the matter of Mohamed Dahlan, protected by Abu Dhabi and targeted by Ankara.

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 07.12.2021

Bayraktar TB2 drone exhibited at Saha Expo 2021 in Istanbul.

Uzbekistan
Mirziyoyev continues overhaul of security service after ousting spymaster Rustam Inoyatov

To mark his second term, the Uzbek president has embarked on a major reshuffle of his political-security apparatus in a move that leaves his once highly influential advisor and senior Samarkand clan member, Rustam Inoyatov, out in the cold.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 29.11.2021

Egypt, Syria
Hossam Louka's star ascends within Syrian intelligence

Syrian spymaster Ali Mamlouk was noticably absent from the Arab Intelligence Forum, a major regional security meeting held in Cairo in November that was overseen by Abbas Kamel. But Mamlouk's absence was to Hossam Louka's advantage.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 24.11.2021

Vietnam
IAI plays trump card for spy-satellite deal

Competition between French and Israeli manufacturers to provide Vietnam with a spy satellite is heating up. While Airbus and Thales were chatting to prime minister Pham Minh Chinh in Paris, IAI had a delegation in Hanoi trying to get defence minister Phan Van Giang and his teams to sign a contract.

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 18.11.2021

Kuwait, United States
CIA is hard at work behind the scenes in Kuwait

Washington is stepping up the involvement of its CIA agents stationed in the emirate, where the United States has strategic military bases. Charged with safeguarding American security interests, these agents have not been afraid to get involved in the internal affairs of the ruling family, which is beset by ongoing disputes.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 18.11.2021

Palestine, UAE
Spy chief Majed Faraj presses his case to succeed Abbas in Dubai

Majed Faraj, head of the Palestinian Authority's Preventive Security Service, visited Dubai to inaugurate the Palestinian pavilion at the Universal Exhibition. He also went to seek support from the United Arab Emirates for his candidature to succeed Mahmoud Abbas despite persistent competition from his rival, Mohammed Dahlan.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 16.11.2021

Head of the Palestinian Authority's Preventive Security Service, Majed Faraj.

Bahrain
Crown prince oversees intelligence services' digital transformation

Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa is going all out to modernise Bahrain's intelligence services with the latest Israeli technology.

Free access Government Intelligence 10.11.2021

Crown Prince of Bahrain Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa.

Ukraine
Kyiv's anti-disinformation arsenal makes grand debut against former president

Under construction since March, the anti fake-news centre has kicked into action at last after a skirmish among Ukraine's agencies for its control. Its first key reports, including a glossary of banned pro-Russian terms, have targeted those whom Kyiv believes to be influential members of former president Viktor Yanukovych's entourage.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 08.11.2021

Russia
Disgraced oligarch Telman Ismailov's troubles follow him to the French Riviera

The Azerbaijan-born billionaire Telman Ismailov, whose assets his Moscow debtors have been doggedly hunting since 2017, has managed to secure asylum in Montenegro. There he should have some respite to sort out his affairs stretching from Moscow to Las Vegas and Ankara to the French Alps.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 05.11.2021

Belarus
Lukashenko holds off on inevitable KGB reform

Faced with a resurgent internal crisis, the regime in Minsk has turned on its intelligence service, the KGB, the supposed deficiences of which have been singled out for criticism by Alexander Lukashenko. This has given rise to yet another reshuffle among senior KGB personnel but the inevitable radical reform the service needs has again been put off for another day.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 27.10.2021

Russia, Ukraine
Vadim Rabinovich champions fellow parliamentarians' pro-Russia cause in Moscow

Ukrainian MP Rabinovich, a staunch defender of the pro-Russia faction within Kyiv's Rada, met with longtime Putin aide Dmitry Kozak last week. Both men have close ties to Kremlin-friendly Ukrainian oligarch Viktor Medvedchuk.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 25.10.2021

Russia, Ukraine
Kyiv quietly fuming over Russian memorial to Soviet-era secret agent in Crimea

Being both head of the SVR and chairman of the Russian Historical Society puts Sergey Naryshkin in a position to reinstate a number of Soviet-era intelligence officers and in doing so furthering the Kremlin's regional strategy.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 22.10.2021

Russia
Personality protection service serves as siloviki incubator for the Kremlin

Dmitry Mironov's recent promotion to the post of assistant to the Russian president has confirmed the role of the FSO (Federal Protective Service) as a producer of promising silovikis. It was a blow, however, to the FSB, the federal security service which has traditionally fulfilled this unofficial role.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 21.10.2021

Dmitry Mironov, assistant to the president of Russia.

Spotlight | Iraq
Mustafa Al Kazemi's spymasters move to provide security for highly charged election

Since the summer, outgoing Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kazemi had been putting together a team to oversee the smooth running of the 10 October elections, and he can now claim that they went well.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 18.10.2021

France
Military security gets a bumper budget allocation in 2022

After a big increase in funding for France's DGSE external intelligence service in 2021, it will be the turn of the DRSD, defence intelligence and security service, to receive substantial fresh funding for its major development projects in 2022.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 11.10.2021

United Kingdom
Quantexa, antifraud's Palantir, pursues expansion with British government

British anti-fraud data mining technology company Quantexa, whose advisory board includes a former MI5 chief, has gone from supplying the financial sector to picking up contracts with the PM's cabinet office - while securing support from the British government.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 06.10.2021

Belarus
Lukashenko Jr lands presidential security roles for hockey players

Ex-sports professionals have been part of Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko's security apparatus for the past decades. His son Dmitri Lukashenko recently placed another member of his hockey club on the presidential team.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 24.09.2021

Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko with his son Dmitri Lukashenko.

China
Li and Zhang tasked with supervising Xi Jinping's new disciplinary drive

Li Wei and Zhang Xuan are to liaise between security service chiefs and provincial officials in charge of implementing the wide-ranging disciplinary programme aimed at rooting out and punishing those who fail to toe the Chinese Communist Party line.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 22.09.2021

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China, Europe
Chinese influence and interference in Western Europe

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Moscow and Pyongyang's budding 'romance'

France
Intelligence memos and grey zones before French courts

China, Europe, India, Russia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, United States
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Ukraine
Jamming wars

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Security, propaganda and the PLA: Xi Jinping forges new networks of influence

Insiders | Qatar
Barzan Holdings, Qatar's defence industry giant springing up out of the desert

MI5

France
Security stalwart SSF looks to boost its business intelligence practice

Iraq
Qassem Al Araji treads carefully with results of probe into PM Kadhimi's attempted assassination

Spotlight | Turkey, UAE
Baykar drones at heart of Turkish-Emirati reconciliation

Uzbekistan
Mirziyoyev continues overhaul of security service after ousting spymaster Rustam Inoyatov

Egypt, Syria
Hossam Louka's star ascends within Syrian intelligence

Vietnam
IAI plays trump card for spy-satellite deal

Kuwait, United States
CIA is hard at work behind the scenes in Kuwait

Palestine, UAE
Spy chief Majed Faraj presses his case to succeed Abbas in Dubai

Bahrain
Crown prince oversees intelligence services' digital transformation

Ukraine
Kyiv's anti-disinformation arsenal makes grand debut against former president

Russia
Disgraced oligarch Telman Ismailov's troubles follow him to the French Riviera

Belarus
Lukashenko holds off on inevitable KGB reform

Russia, Ukraine
Vadim Rabinovich champions fellow parliamentarians' pro-Russia cause in Moscow

Russia, Ukraine
Kyiv quietly fuming over Russian memorial to Soviet-era secret agent in Crimea

Russia
Personality protection service serves as siloviki incubator for the Kremlin

Spotlight | Iraq
Mustafa Al Kazemi's spymasters move to provide security for highly charged election

France
Military security gets a bumper budget allocation in 2022

United Kingdom
Quantexa, antifraud's Palantir, pursues expansion with British government

Belarus
Lukashenko Jr lands presidential security roles for hockey players

China
Li and Zhang tasked with supervising Xi Jinping's new disciplinary drive

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China, Europe Chinese influence and interference in Western Europe

North Korea, Russia Moscow and Pyongyang's budding 'romance'

France Intelligence memos and grey zones before French courts

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

Ukraine Jamming wars

Insiders | China Security, propaganda and the PLA: Xi Jinping forges new networks of influence

Insiders | Qatar Barzan Holdings, Qatar's defence industry giant springing up out of the desert

MI5

France Security stalwart SSF looks to boost its business intelligence practice

Iraq Qassem Al Araji treads carefully with results of probe into PM Kadhimi's attempted assassination

Spotlight | Turkey, UAE Baykar drones at heart of Turkish-Emirati reconciliation

Uzbekistan Mirziyoyev continues overhaul of security service after ousting spymaster Rustam Inoyatov

Egypt, Syria Hossam Louka's star ascends within Syrian intelligence

Vietnam IAI plays trump card for spy-satellite deal

Kuwait, United States CIA is hard at work behind the scenes in Kuwait

Palestine, UAE Spy chief Majed Faraj presses his case to succeed Abbas in Dubai

Bahrain Crown prince oversees intelligence services' digital transformation

Ukraine Kyiv's anti-disinformation arsenal makes grand debut against former president

Russia Disgraced oligarch Telman Ismailov's troubles follow him to the French Riviera

Belarus Lukashenko holds off on inevitable KGB reform

Russia, Ukraine Vadim Rabinovich champions fellow parliamentarians' pro-Russia cause in Moscow

Russia, Ukraine Kyiv quietly fuming over Russian memorial to Soviet-era secret agent in Crimea

Russia Personality protection service serves as siloviki incubator for the Kremlin

Spotlight | Iraq Mustafa Al Kazemi's spymasters move to provide security for highly charged election

France Military security gets a bumper budget allocation in 2022

United Kingdom Quantexa, antifraud's Palantir, pursues expansion with British government

Belarus Lukashenko Jr lands presidential security roles for hockey players

China Li and Zhang tasked with supervising Xi Jinping's new disciplinary drive

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About Intelligence Online

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Intelligence Online on social media

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China, Europe
Chinese influence and interference in Western Europe

North Korea, Russia
Moscow and Pyongyang's budding 'romance'

France
Intelligence memos and grey zones before French courts

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

Ukraine
Jamming wars

Insiders | China
Security, propaganda and the PLA: Xi Jinping forges new networks of influence

Insiders | Qatar
Barzan Holdings, Qatar's defence industry giant springing up out of the desert

France
Security stalwart SSF looks to boost its business intelligence practice

Iraq
Qassem Al Araji treads carefully with results of probe into PM Kadhimi's attempted assassination

Spotlight | Turkey, UAE
Baykar drones at heart of Turkish-Emirati reconciliation

Uzbekistan
Mirziyoyev continues overhaul of security service after ousting spymaster Rustam Inoyatov

Egypt, Syria
Hossam Louka's star ascends within Syrian intelligence

Vietnam
IAI plays trump card for spy-satellite deal

Kuwait, United States
CIA is hard at work behind the scenes in Kuwait

Palestine, UAE
Spy chief Majed Faraj presses his case to succeed Abbas in Dubai

Bahrain
Crown prince oversees intelligence services' digital transformation

Ukraine
Kyiv's anti-disinformation arsenal makes grand debut against former president

Russia
Disgraced oligarch Telman Ismailov's troubles follow him to the French Riviera

Belarus
Lukashenko holds off on inevitable KGB reform

Russia, Ukraine
Vadim Rabinovich champions fellow parliamentarians' pro-Russia cause in Moscow

Russia, Ukraine
Kyiv quietly fuming over Russian memorial to Soviet-era secret agent in Crimea

Russia
Personality protection service serves as siloviki incubator for the Kremlin

Spotlight | Iraq
Mustafa Al Kazemi's spymasters move to provide security for highly charged election

France
Military security gets a bumper budget allocation in 2022

United Kingdom
Quantexa, antifraud's Palantir, pursues expansion with British government

Belarus
Lukashenko Jr lands presidential security roles for hockey players

China
Li and Zhang tasked with supervising Xi Jinping's new disciplinary drive