Preident Macron of France criticised his intelligence services for not warning his government of the coup in Niger that overthrew a pro-French government last week. France has been forced to evacuate hundreds of its citizens as a pro-Russian Niger military force took over. He said they did not see “anything …
The French intelligence service has moved against a Russian operation aimed at stealing Western technology. They had been watching a company named Ommic and this week arrested executives of the company together with the businessman who had majority control of the shares. Interstingly, that businessman was not Russian as you …
Why was Iraq targeted? 1) It was consistent with the US idea that it is easier to hit the countries that are backing the terrorists rather than taking on the terrorist groups one by one. Saddam wasn’t, but he had and he might again; 2) Iraq was an easy target …
21 March: Daniel Forestier, 57, a former soldier and agent of the Direction Gėnėrale de la Sėcuritė Extėrieur (DGSE), France’s foreign intelligence service, has been found shot dead. His body was found in a parking area on a remote road in Haute-Savoie near Lake Leman. Five shots had been fired …
14 February: Two former members of the Syrian General Intelligence Directorate (GID), Syria’s security service, have been arrested in Germany on suspicion of war crimes. One, Anwar R, 56, is accused of torturing up to two thousand people at a GID prison in Damascus between 2011 and 2012. The other, …