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Africa/Russia/Ukraine : Romanian paramilitaries swell ranks of Russian army and Africa Corps

Intelligence Online - Tue, 17/03/2026 - 06:00
Fighters from the private military firm Asociatia RALF have been on the lookout for new opportunities since the arrest and [...]

China : Xi to deploy CCP 'consultants' to Chinese businesses abroad

Intelligence Online - Tue, 17/03/2026 - 06:00
The "Xi Jinping" method for channelling and professionalising exchanges between the government and the research community (IO, 09/05/24) is working [...]

Kyrgyzstan : The fall of GKNB spymaster Kamchybek Tashiev

Intelligence Online - Tue, 17/03/2026 - 06:00
The sudden ousting last month of Kamchybek Tashiev, who had [...]

United States : Trump shifts position on key surveillance law as debate heats up in Congress

Intelligence Online - Mon, 16/03/2026 - 06:00
As the deadline approaches to extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), the White House and intelligence professionals are pushing for an extension of the programme, while privacy advocates seek to impose further rules that would prevent [...]

Ukraine : Bora Industries, the drone maker born in Ukraine's trenches

Intelligence Online - Mon, 16/03/2026 - 06:00
A growing number of Ukrainian military units have since the start of the year been deploying wire-guided first person view [...]

France/Kurdistan/Ukraine/United States : Musical chairs at the ODNI, Tracfin advisers, Ukraine's GUR, Iranian Kurdish forces

Intelligence Online - Mon, 16/03/2026 - 06:00
US – Tulsi Gabbard expands legal affairs officeMichael Castelli has just been appointed deputy head of legal affairs at the [...]

Iran/Israel : Tehran bombed Israeli 'spy satellite intelligence collection centre' that wasn't

Intelligence Online - Mon, 16/03/2026 - 06:00
On 9 March, the Iranian army and Hezbollah claimed to have damaged an Israeli "spy satellite intelligence collection centre" by [...]

France/Indonesia : Dassault makes moves in Jakarta ahead of Subianto's Paris visit

Intelligence Online - Mon, 16/03/2026 - 06:00
French planemaker Dassault Aviation sent a delegation to Indonesia a [...]

Russia : Alexei Dyumin, Putin associate on the rise

Intelligence Online - Mon, 16/03/2026 - 06:00
Russian President Vladimir Putin's former bodyguard, Alexei Dyumin, who is [...]

Highlights - SEDE: Discussion on Ukraine and exchange of views with new PSC Chair Mandel Vensild - Committee on Security and Defence

On 18 March, SEDE will notably hold two separate discussions on Ukraine. The first one will focus on countering Russia's war economy and understanding its recruitment policies in order to end Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine. The second will focus on learning from Ukraine in building Europe’s strategic defence readiness and the role of the EU's new defence instruments.

On 19 March, Ambassador Lene MANDEL VENSILD, newly appointed Chair of the Political and Security Committee (PSC) of the Council of the EU, will address the Committee to discuss the current developments on EU Security and Defence.


SEDE meeting agenda and documents
Source : © European Union, 2026 - EP

France/United Kingdom : 'Le Crunch' rubgy face-off fosters ritual DGSE-MI6 meet

Intelligence Online - Fri, 13/03/2026 - 06:00
The tradition, started 15 years ago by the British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS, or MI6) is set to be repeated once again on Saturday at the Stade de France near Paris: each time the French rugby team faces off against [...]

China : The Yin Xi teahouse in Shanghai, where Guoanbu officials mix intimidation with pleasure

Intelligence Online - Fri, 13/03/2026 - 06:00
In the dim light of a glass-walled room on the 53rd floor of Shanghai Tower, the bustle of the city [...]

Qatar/Saudi Arabia/UAE : Gulf defences lack ecosystem to deploy Ukrainian interceptor drones

Intelligence Online - Fri, 13/03/2026 - 06:00
Faced with the turmoil in the Middle East caused by the Israeli-US offensive in Iran, Gulf monarchies are showing keen [...]

Iran/Yemen : What now for the Houthis in the Red Sea?

Intelligence Online - Fri, 13/03/2026 - 06:00
Although Houthi leader Abdelmalek al-Houthi has claimed for the past six days to have had his "finger on the trigger", [...]

China/Italy : Transnational repression: Rome steps up pressure on Beijing

Intelligence Online - Fri, 13/03/2026 - 06:00
Intelligence Online has managed to verify the identity of one of eight Chinese nationals targeted by an expulsion order from [...]

Apparently we lost two KC-135's....

Snafu-solomon.blogspot - Thu, 12/03/2026 - 23:13

U.S. Central Command is aware of the loss of a U.S. KC-135 refueling aircraft. The incident occurred in friendly airspace during Operation Epic Fury, and rescue efforts are ongoing. Two aircraft were involved in the incident. One of the aircraft went down in western Iraq, and the…

— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) March 12, 2026 God bless the crew
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Saudi Arabia/Ukraine : Aramco seeks Ukrainian expertise to counter Tehran's Shahed-136 drones

Intelligence Online - Thu, 12/03/2026 - 14:00
Representatives of Saudi oil giant Aramco recently held exploratory talks with people close to Ukraine's GUR military intelligence to evaluate [...]

Turkey : Ankara orders its flagship navy vessel to head homeward

Intelligence Online - Thu, 12/03/2026 - 12:44
The Turkish fleet's flagship vessel, the drone carrier amphibious assault ship TCG Anadolu, which was operating in northern Europe, has [...]

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