Drone Crash in Iran Reveals Secret U.S. Surveillance Effort

The stealth C.I.A. drone that crashed deep inside Iranian territory last week was part of a stepped-up surveillance program that has frequently sent the United States’ most hard-to-detect drone into the country to map suspected nuclear sites, according to foreign officials and American experts who have been briefed on the effort. (more…)

Analysis: Lebanon’s intelligence war

Beirut , Lebanon – With reports of the CIA shutting down in Beirut, Al Jazeera explores the extent of intelligence infiltration in Lebanon.

Iran: U.S. Spy Plane Shot Down By Iran Armed Forces

Iran’s armed forces have shot down an unmanned U.S. spy plane that violated Iranian airspace along the country’s eastern border, the official IRNA news agency reported Sunday.

An unidentified military official quoted in the report warned of a strong and crushing response to any violations of the country’s airspace by American drone aircraft. (more…)

Syrian-American pleads not guilty to spying

A Syrian-born naturalized U.S. citizen pleaded not guilty Friday to charges he spied on anti-Syrian government protesters in the United States. (more…)

Future bloc slams Aoun over energy bill and for defending karam

The Future bloc slammed MP Michel Aoun’s Change and Reform bloc on Tuesday accusing it of “blackmailing the country .”

In a reference to the energy bill proposing to transfer $1.2 billion in funds to the Energy Ministry, (more…)

Justice minister asked Judge Mirza to handle CIA’s Hezbollah spies

Justice Minister Shakib Qortbawi told Al Mustaqbal newspaper that he has contacted prosecutor Judge Said Mirza and asked him to handle the case of the 3 Hezbollah spies as revealed by Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah during his Friday speech . (more…)

Hezbollah shocked over number of Israeli spies within its ranks

The Kuwait newspaper al Rai published a report on Sunday in which it stated that the intelligence war between Hezbollah and Israel has revealed shocking discoveries for the party’s leadership. The big shock for Hezbollah was the number and the quality of those spying for Israel within its ranks. (more…)

Wahhab’s bodyguard charged with spying for Israel, report

The personal bodyguard of former minister Wiam Wahhab has been charged by Judge Saq Saqr of the Lebanese military court with collaborating with Israel, including participating directly and indirectly in assassinations against Hezbollah fighters according to report on Thursday by al-Akhbar newspaper. (more…)

Egypt to expel Iranian diplomat over spying charges

Egypt is expelling an Iranian diplomat who was briefly detained and questioned on charges of illegally gathering intelligence for Tehran, security officials said.

Qassem al Husseini, the diplomat, was arrested on Saturday in his Cairo home, after the Egyptian intelligence tracked his movements, Al Jazeera’s Ayman Mohyeldin reported. (more…)

Egypt frees detained Iranian spy

Egypt freed an Iranian diplomat on Sunday who had been detained over spying allegations after his diplomatic status was confirmed but said his activities had breached protocol, the official news agency MENA reported. (more…)