Daily Intel Brief
Multiple casualties as protestors storm Iraqi palace, the FSB claims to have another suspect in Darya Dugina's assassination, and Ukraine faces human trafficking on its border...
Counterterrorism
The detained terrorist group had previously participated in conflicts in Syria and entered Lebanon illegally and stayed in one of the border villages in the south of this country, according to the reports. The terrorist group was running a network promoting fake foreign…
The presence of al Qaeda’s leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, under the protection of the Taliban in a luxury villa in Kabul raises important questions about who is actually running the country and what this means for U.S. and allied interests…
Military & Defense
An influential Shiite cleric announced Monday that he would resign from Iraqi politics, prompting hundreds of his angry followers to storm the government palace and sparking clashes with security forces and between rival militias. At least 10 protesters were killed…
A long-awaited Ukrainian move to retake the Russian-occupied swath of south of the country appears to have begun Monday, according to both Ukrainian and pro-Russian sources. However, independently verifiable information from the battlefield is difficult to come by…
Cybersecurity
US military and intelligence entities are renewing their efforts to protect electoral procedures from hacking and disinformation before and during the November midterms elections. The news comes from the US Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) and the National Security…
Russia is reportedly targeting Montenegro with a large-scale hacking operation. The country's Agency of National Security (ANB) said on Aug. 26 that Montenegro is "under a hybrid war at the moment," ABC News reports(Opens in a new window), adding that "coordinated…
Counterintelligence & Espionage
Russia's Federal Security Service identified a second suspect in Darya Dugina's killing, who it claims helped forge papers for the alleged assassin and build the car bomb that killed the nationalist figure. The suspect is a citizen of Ukraine who entered Russia from Estonia…
Conjure up a list of cities considered world capitals of espionage. Those featured in movies and television, with their romantic atmosphere and scenery, include Vienna, Budapest, Berlin, London, Cairo, Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Macau, Bangkok, and Saigon. Not to ignore…
Transnational Organized Crime
Police in Spain said they arrested an organized criminal group that had been renting vacation homes and then refusing to leave them unless the owners paid significant amounts of money. Under Spain's current property laws, if squatters remain undisturbed for more than 48 hours…
As if Ukraine does not have enough going on, human traffickers are omnipresent on the borders between Ukraine and the West. The traffickers specialize in exploiting individuals traumatized by war. Last week, Stephen Komorek, CEO of API International Consulting…