Comment: Did Israel assassinate senior Hamas official in Syria?
Hamas has accused Israel of assassinating Kamel Ranaja, whose body was found last week in his half-burned apartment in Syrian capital Damascus. Ranaja had replaced the late Hamas weapons procurer...
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British spy agencies failed to predict Arab Spring. Ex-Mossad chief urges Israel to prepare for military action in Syria. Italy postpones court decision on wanted CIA operatives.
View ArticleUS spy agencies turn to Israel, Turkey, for help in Syria war
Just days after a senior United States defense official admitted Pentagon intelligence analysts missed early signs of the Arab Spring, a new report claims that Washington is still “struggling to...
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How 10 years of war has changed US spies. Assessing the Social Media Battlefield in Syria. Is S. Korea's spy agency losing its capabilities?
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Ex FBI official says foreign spies biggest online threat. Taiwanese officials jailed for espionage. Germany charges suspected Syrian spy.
View ArticleOpposition fighters leave Syrian Free Army to fight for al-Qaeda
Few outside Syria’s pro-government Alawite and Christian communities share the regime’s claim that it is fighting a war against Islamist terrorists. Clearly, the core membership of the Free Syrian Army...
View ArticleObama authorizes CIA to conduct ‘non-lethal covert action’ in Syria
United States President Barack Obama has officially authorized the Central Intelligence Agency to assist anti-government rebels in Syria, according to a new report by the Reuters news agency.
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NSA whistleblower sues over property seized in leak raid. Lawsuit forces US agency to disclose CIA files. Syrian spy tried to infiltrate German intelligence.
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Some rules restrain Mossad's work in Iran. Are US and Pakistani spy agencies starting to get along? Why the US isn’t arming Syria’s opposition –yet.
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German spy chief says end is near for Assad regime. Twitter shuts down fake CIA account. Canada spy agency suspends employees over security lapses.
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Israeli Prime Minister rebukes President's Iran comments. Russian embassy in UK alleges attack by Syrian activists. Syrian rebels put captured Iranian drones on YouTube.
View ArticleGermany, UK, share intelligence with Free Syrian Army [updated]
Two newspapers alleged over the weekend that German and British spy services routinely share critical intelligence on Syrian government troops with rebel forces in the country.
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Syria denies Vice-President has defected. What is inside the CIA's Polish prison? US ‘surprised’ after Albania replaces spy chief.
View ArticleSyria denies Air Force intelligence chief assassinated
A Syrian state-owned television channel has denied reports that the head of Syria’s Air Force Intelligence has been assassinated by one of his aides.
View ArticleCIA Director reportedly in Turkey for secret talks
Could the CIA Director’s second unannounced visit to Turkey in less than six months be heralding an intensification of Washington’s intelligence involvement in the Syrian crisis?
View ArticleProminent Syrian defector thanks “French intelligence” for help
A senior Syrian military commander, whose public defection to the rebel side last summer made news headlines around the world, has thanked the French intelligence services for helping him defect.
View ArticleComment: The Significance of the Killing of Lebanon’s Security Chief
The view that last week’s bombing, and Hassan’s killing, may signify the internationalization of the Syrian Civil War is myopic. Politically and ideologically, Lebanon has been an integral part of...
View ArticleJordan claims arrest of seven-member Syrian spy cell in Amman
Security services in the Kingdom of Jordan announced on Tuesday the detention of seven Syrian nationals who were allegedly caught with sophisticated communications devices in their possession.
View ArticleIsrael asked for Jordan’s approval to bomb Syria, say sources
The government of Israel has sent Jordan at least two requests in the past two months to bomb targets in Syria, according to intelligence sources.
View ArticleIsrael special forces conducting cross-border operations in Syria
Teams of Israeli special forces are currently operating inside Syria in an effort to detect and sabotage the Syrian military’s chemical and biological arsenal.
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