National Security Council

The Intelligence Gazette
Hamas in Turkey, GPIS in Paris, NATO in Georgia

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

Palestine/Israel/Turkey: Ankara and Tel Aviv are talking againto Hamas's dismay

France GPIS, Paris's social housing security service provider, collects intelligence for the police

Georgia NATO's ex-liaison officer in Kyiv takes up residence in Tbilisi

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Mukhabarat in Sinai, Jordan's GID and Ukraine, Wang Yi, France's ANSSI

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

EgyptAbbas Kamel oversees new tribal group fighting against Islamic State in Sinai

JordanAhmed Husni deals with fallout from Amman's position on war in Ukraine

FranceANSSI's threat intelligence department gets new chief

China, Europe, United States
Strider's EU evangelism on tech theft committed by China

Backed by the Koch family and Donald Trump's former national security adviser, Strider, run by former US intelligence specialists on China and already under contract to the Pentagon, is starting to prospect in Europe.

China, European Union
European Commission hires US's Rhodium to monitor Chinese investments

The New York firm will keep a database on Chinese direct investments in Europe, following a less than stellar report on the European mechanism to control foreign investment that came into force in October 2020.

European Union, Kazakhstan
Former Kazakh KGB operatives to provide security for EU delegation in Nur-Sultan

Former Kazakh armed forces and intelligence service veterans, now working for private sector security operator Grupp Chetyre, are to provide protection for the EU delegation in Kazakhstan.

Russia, Ukraine
Kyiv and Moscow battling for control of European media narrative

Following Russia's attack on Ukraine, information, and who controls it, has become even more vital to both sides as they try to shape the narrative on the war to their liking, with scrutiny of European media reports high in Kyiv and Moscow.

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Saudi GIP, Jeremy Wright, Hidalgo, Georgian National Security Council

Appointments, reforms, issues of concern: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up a miscellany of news items great and small from the global intelligence community. This week, they come from Paris, Saudi Arabia, London and Tbilisi.

Saudi Arabia/IraqThe General Intelligence Presidency reopens talks with the Anbar tribes to try to block Iran.

FranceIntelligence expert Floran Vadillo is advising French presidential candidate Anne Hidalgo.

United KingdomTelecommunications surveillance champion Jeremy Wright joins the ISC as it battles for greater powers

GeorgiaThe National Security Council gets a new chief of staff

Iran, Iraq, Yemen
Pasdaran tries to engage Popular Mobilization Forces in Houthi rebellion

With Yemen's Houthi forces feeling the strain of heavy losses, Iran is struggling to find new recruits for the conflict locally and is now hoping to send in Iraqi fighters.

United Kingdom
London searches for new security contractors to handle its operations in crisis zones

Overseen by the National Security Council (NSC), Britain's CSSF, which provides funds for projects in crisis zones and influence operations, has started the long process of selecting its new contractors. With an annual allocation of £1.

Egypt, Yemen
Egypt sends troops to Yemen in hopes of protecting Suez Canal

Anxious to back its ally, the UAE, Egypt has agreed to send ten soldiers to Yemen to help government forces combat the Houthi fighters. The move is also aimed at improving maritime security near the important shipping lane.

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SVR, DNI, GKNB, Corinte, Paris and Chinese Intelligence

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

RussiaKremlin explores new foreign policy concept

United StatesSenator Scott Young enlists DNI communications director.

FranceFrench senators point to weak representation in international organisations.

KyrgyzstanBishkek's former spymaster to head embassy in Ukraine

FranceParis wants to join international scene of Chinese intelligence analysis

UAE, Yemen
Ali Al Shamsi sent to Washington to draw up anti-Houthi axis

The Emirati spymaster has been picked to discuss with top US security officials ways to counter Yemen's pro-Iran Houthi militia as the UAE urges Israel to join the alliance, not the least by means of its US contacts.

Iran
After Baghdad meetings, Riyadh and Tehran count on Amman's mediation

Saudi Arabia and Iran are determined to pursue their secret dialogue, with the help once again of their Iraqi go-between Qassem Al Araji.