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Tehran was quick to act following the death last month of Hassan Erlou, the Iranian ambassador to Yemen who played

The small world of French corporate intelligence noted that New Year's greetings from Axis & Co, the corporate intelligence company

National Security Bureau (NSB) chief Ali Mamlouk, who was once unchallenged as Syria's spy chief, seems to have dropped off the radar in recent months. His wide-ranging area of responsibility once constituted external matters such as regional reconciliation and Syria's

At a time when Western countries are developing their 5G networks, intelligence services are increasingly concerned about the impact of the new technology on their interception capacities, with Wi-Fi interceptors already confounded by recent technological innovations.Wi-Fi interception devices work by

French company Kayrros, which picked up a World Petroleum Council excellence award in the small to medium-sized company category last

In recent months, few investigations companies have not added a new tab on their websites or taken on an expert in social and environmental governance (ESG). After the investigations branches of consulting giants like PwC, investigations sector leaders such as Kroll,

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky set the tone in his New Year's message on 31 December, stating that the country's oligarchs

The first deliveries of gas to Lebanon through the Arab Gas Pipeline (AGP) are awaited imminently in accordance with a plan announced in August by the US ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy Shea (IO, 01/09/21) and officialised by Egypt, Jordan and

The Uzbeck capital is currently undergoing huge renovations, and calls for tender for these large-scale works are pouring in. The

A few words to ambassadors in Kyiv shortly before the end of the year highlighted one of Volodymyr Zelensky's new battle horses: the diaspora. The Ukrainian president spoke of a "soft force" that could help protect the country's interests abroad.

With France's presidential elections just four months away, the threat that fresh Macron Leaks might upset the campaign is ever-present

It was clear from the celebrations for Dmitry Rybolovlev's 10th anniversary as president of AS Monaco on 23 December, that the Russian businessman has won over the football club's supporters, who waved a large banner that read "Dèij'ani: Merçi Presidente!",

Israeli open-source intelligence (OSINT) company Cobwebs Technologies will be the lead sponsor at Dubai'sISS World Middle EastConferencefrom 28 February to 2 March, indicating the growing importance of the sector within the intelligence community. OSINT has been more and more present

Before asking a New York Southern District court to dismiss a complaint filed against it by competitor Kroll for infringement of the Kroll trademark on 20 December, Jules and Jeremy Kroll's business intelligence firm K2 Integrity decided to reveal all

In the build-up to the 30th anniversary of Kazakhstan's independence, celebrated with great fanfare on 16 December, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev

After a busy start to the month of December, Saudi businessman Mohammed al-Turki landed in Paris on December 20 to take a few days off. He doubtless needed them. The dapper al-Turki, who serves as an online ambassador for French

Fatigued by years of crisis after crisis, the governments of Syria and Iraq (IO, 24/08/21) now see the strengthening of their bilateral economic cooperation as the main path forward. This was again iterated at a meeting on 14 December between

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's team is keen to waste no time before making their mark on the country's security architecture,

London - Raedas passes the Covid test. According to the accounts it published at the end of November, business intelligence

On 16 December, the new Mongolian president Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh visited Moscow, his first foreign trip since he was elected in June. This visit falls against a backdrop of irritation on the part of the Kremlin, which is upset by increased