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In the summary of our Middle East Section dated July 10, 2013

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Insiders Series     Iskandar Safa, deep sea stealth networking           > Read the Insiders profile FRANCE   MIDDLE EAST    Published on 02/07/2013 >  Family involvement >  His close business associates >  His business contacts in the Gulf >  Political and media contacts in France >  His career

GOVERNMENT INTELLIGENCE GREY AREAS IRAQ Iraqi leadership struggle underway While Jalal Talabani is in Berlin receiving care after a stroke, back in Baghdad potential successors including his arch-enemy Massoud Barzani are circling the presidential palace. (...) LEBANON Hezbollah pays heavy toll for Syria For the first time since Hezbollah took up arms to fight alongside the Syrian Army, the bereaved families of Shi’ite victims of the conflict travelled from Lebanon’s (...) FRANCE / SYRIA Limit to anti-chemical plans At the initiative of the general staff, French Special Forces recently tested their fighting capabilities in a warm climate contaminated by gas. (...) SAUDI ARABIA Purge of military in pipeline Prince Mutaib bin Abdullah, the minister of the National Guard, is preparing a thorough shake-up of Saudi Arabia’s military top brass. (...) QATAR Emir to keep grip on intelligence The new Emir of Qatar is placing his friends in charge of the emirate’s intelligence services. (...) SYRIA - Intra-Kurdish conflict flares. Fighting has intensified in north-eastern Syria since the beginning of June between the (...) LEBANON - Retaliation against Hezbollah. No group or organisation has claimed responsibility for the car bomb attack on the parking (...) UNITED ARAB EMIRATES / FRANCE - Le Drian’s French satellite hard-sell. French defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian took Thales chief executive Jean-Bernard Levy (...) EGYPT - Muhammad Farid, who was appointed the head of General Intelligence on July 6 by Egypt’s (...) SAUDI ARABIA - Bandar bin Sultan, the head of Saudi Arabia's General Intelligence Directorate (GID) (...) TUNISIA / SAUDI ARABIA - Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, will not be extradited from Saudi Arabia, Saudi Crown Prince (...) CORPORATE INTELLIGENCE UNITED KINGDOM / KURDISTAN Kurdish oil king Kozel under pressure A pitched battle is on the cards on July 25 when the oil company Gulf Keystone, which made Kurdistan’s largest oil discovery, holds its annual shareholders' meeting in Bermuda. (...) UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Al Bu-Ainnain reps French and US groups As well as being Dassault and MBDA’s agent in the United Arab Emirates (IOL 606), former Emirati Air Force commander Khaled Al Bu-Ainnain also advises Lockheed (...)

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