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Telegram aids Turkey's MIT, Liddell to UK intel fund, NSC's new India chief, ex-SA head back to DGSE

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

TurkeyTelegram helps out MIT

USNew India specialist at rapidly emptying out NSC

UKBritish intelligence fund strengthens team

FranceReturn to DGSE for former Service Action head

France, Qatar
Doha's dream arms deal with Paris

The sale of armoured vehicles to Doha by Franco-German manufacturer KNDS - a lingering issue in Franco-Qatari relations - is still struggling to take shape. Qatar could however agree to a deal in exchange for the acquisition of a KNDS subcontractor.

Spotlight | Iraq, Turkey
Iraq hires corporate investigators to pursue Turkish assets, despite high-level rapprochement between states

Iraq has engaged researchers to trace Turkish state-owned assets, attempting to enforce a huge Paris-seated arbitration award in its favour, even as it progresses diplomatic engagement with its northern neighbour.

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Scholarships scrutinised, Afghanistan War Commission, Turkish intelligence academy, Italian PM's dilemma

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

FranceUniversities told to watch China Scholarship Council grants

United StatesAnother CIA veteran joins Afghanistan War Commission

TurkeyIntelligence academy open for enrolment

Italy/ChinaGiorgia Meloni's dilemma

Malaysia, Turkey
Malaysian defence minister to prospect in Ankara for new submarine contract

Kuala Lumpur and Ankara are set to sign off on a contract for the Malaysian armed forces to acquire littoral mission ships built by Turkey's STM. Beyond this symbolic deal, the prospect of acquiring submarines could also be up for discussion.

Turkey, Ukraine, United States
Ankara eyes shopping list for Ukraine's US-budgeted arms

Ahead of Erdogan's visit to Washington, DC in May, with US financial aid to Kyiv hopefully being made available again, Turkish military diplomacy is working hard to supply Ukraine with new equipment.

Azerbaijan, France, Turkey
Ankara's French 'spy ring' accusations are pressure tactics, say sources

Turkey recently announced that its intelligence services had dismantled a French espionage network involving Syrian refugees in what appears to be a move from Ankara to put pressure on Paris as diplomatic relations continue to deteriorate.

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Israel's war bill and tacit agreement with Hezbollah, ex-DGSE officer at Elysée, Erdogan and Macron vs Signal

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

Israel The latest war costs estimated

France Macron picks ex-Africa intel officer as chief of staff

Turkey Erdogan takes swipe at secure messaging apps Signal etc

Israel/Lebanon Shared desire to limit intensity of fighting holds steady

Turkey, UAE
Mid-consolidation, EDGE eyes Turkish defence industry

Parallel to Khaled bin Mohammed's efforts to further concentrate the UAE's defence industry under EDGE, the state-owned conglomerate has been looking for opportunities to acquire forerunner Turkish defence equipment.