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News you may have missed #865

Renowned Egyptian scholar charged with espionage. Al-Qaeda training Western Islamists in Syria to set up cells abroad. Snowden has "no plans" to return to the United States.

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News you may have missed #867 (Syrian uprising edition)

Al-Qaeda breaks link with Syrian militant group. Is Israel secretly working to target al-Qaeda in Syria? Australians 'flocking to Syrian front line'.

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US ‘quietly expanding’ intelligence presence in war-torn Iraq

The United States is “quietly expanding” its intelligence operations in Iraq in response to the worsening security situation in the country, according to American government sources.

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News you may have missed #878 (ISIS edition)

Backgrounder on Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria. ISIS stole $425m and became world’s richest terrorist group. The Battle for Iraq Is a Saudi War on Iran. Iran deploys Revolutionary Guard forces...

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CIA ‘stripped of spies’ in embattled Iraq, say sources

The Sunni uprising in Iraq, in combination with the Shiite domination of the government in Baghdad, has drastically limited the ability of the United States Central Intelligence Agency to collect...

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Israel should negotiate with Hamas, says former Mossad chief

A former director of the Israeli covert-action agency Mossad, who helped forge a historic peace treaty between Israel and Jordan in the 1990s, has called for the Jewish state to negotiate with...

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Destroying Hamas won’t solve conflict, says top US Pentagon official

The most senior military intelligence official of the United States has warned that the destruction of Palestinian militant group Hamas will not solve, and might even intensify, the Palestinian-Israeli...

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ISIS views spread in Balkans as Kosovo police nab 40 militants

Over 40 people have been arrested in Kosovo on strong suspicion of maintaining close links with the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq. Authorities in the small Balkan nation said the Monday arrests were...

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US sharing intelligence with Syrian government, say sources

The United States is secretly sharing intelligence about the Islamic State with the government of Syria, according to sources.

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US intelligence official says ISIS still below al-Qaeda’s strength

Despite the rapid rise of the Islamic State in the Middle East, the strength of the young organization is still not comparable to that of al-Qaeda, which remains the world’s dominant Islamist group,...

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Are US spy agencies sharing weapons, intelligence with Hezbollah?

In its effort to amass regional support for its war against the Islamic State, the United States is reaching out to militant Shiites in Lebanon, including Hezbollah, according to some sources.

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Analysis: Well-trained spy agency adds to strength of Islamic State

The militants of the Islamic State, who now control large parts of Syria and Iraq, boast a well-trained and agile intelligence apparatus that is partly responsible for the group’s continuing expansion...

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Are militant groups interested in weaponizing Ebola?

Does the Ebola epidemic present militant groups, such as the Islamic State or al-Qaeda, with the opportunity to weaponize viruses and direct them against Western targets?

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Islamic State shuts down phones in Mosul to stop informants

The Islamic State has cut off all telephone service provision in the largest city under its control, reportedly in an effort to stop spies from passing information to Syrian, Iraqi and American...

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Turkey says Canadian spy helped British schoolgirls travel to Syria

In a development described by observers as “highly unusual”, a Turkish government minister has claimed that a Canadian spy helped three British schoolgirls travel to territory controlled by the Islamic...

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Turkish media disclose identity of alleged spy for Canada

Turkish media have released the name, as well as video footage, of an alleged agent for Canadian intelligence, who says he helped three British schoolgirls travel to territory controlled by the Islamic...

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ISIS has lost control of most oil fields: German intelligence report

The Islamic State has lost control of approximately 95 percent of its oil production capacity following the advancing Iraqi counteroffensive, according to a leaked German intelligence report.

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Captured files reveal new information about structure, history of ISIS

A folder of secret documents, drafted by a senior commander of the Islamic State, reveals previously unknown information about the origins, meticulous planning and intelligence structure of the...

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ISIS leader al-Baghdadi mortally wounded in airstrike, say sources

The spiritual leader of the Islamic State is wounded so severely that he is no longer able to command the group’s daily activities, according to sources in Iraq.

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Al-Qaeda still a more serious threat than ISIS, says ex-CIA official

Al-Qaeda and its affiliates continue to pose the most serious unconventional threat to American security, despite the meteoric rise of ISIS, according to a former senior official in the CIA.

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Analysis: Having taken Ramadi and Palmyra, ISIS is now unstoppable

The capture by Islamic State forces of the Iraqi city of Ramadi, on May 17, has given the organization a fortified urban base less than an hour’s drive from Baghdad. Its near-simultaneous takeover of...

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Army colonel who joined ISIS was trained in the United States

A former army colonel and police commander in Tajikistan, who features in a new Islamic State propaganda video, was trained in counterterrorism by the United States government, according to officials....

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No signs of ISIS decline despite Western efforts, say US spy agencies

Internal reports by American intelligence agencies say that the Islamic State remains strong in Iraq and Syria, and that the group has been able to effortlessly replace its 10,000 fighters who have...

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US Pentagon probing claims of falsely optimistic intel reports on ISIS

The United States Department of Defense is investigating claims that some of its officials doctored intelligence reports to give a falsely optimistic account of the campaign against the Islamic State...

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Obama authorizes Special Forces, CIA, to conduct assassinations in Syria

The United States Central Intelligence Agency is collaborating with the country’s Special Forces in a targeted killing program aimed against senior members of the Islamic State and other militant...

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Islamic State forces are engaging in chemical warfare, says German intelligence

Germany’s foreign intelligence agency says it has evidence that the Islamic State is making use of chemical weapons in northern Iraq, according to media reports.

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Pentagon continues to probe ISIS reports after US intel analysts “revolt”

The United States Department of Defense is still probing claims that some of its officials doctored intelligence reports to give a falsely optimistic account of the campaign against the Islamic State....

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New study documents views of defectors from Islamic State

A new study by a British-based organization details for the first time the views of dozens of former Islamic State fighters who have defected from the group in the past year.

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Iraq now using Russian intelligence in war against Islamic State

he Iraqi government is now using intelligence supplied by the Russian military in its war against the Islamic State, according to officials in Baghdad.

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US lawmaker claims Pentagon is resisting probe into tweaked ISIS analysis

The leading lawmaker in the United States Congressional intelligence committee has accused the Department of Defense of resisting his efforts to investigate claims that intelligence products on the...

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