CIA

Islamic regime's crackdown on Iran protests 'unsustainable,' ex-CIA chief says

Citing recent degradations of Iran’s proxies, such as Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Assad regime, Petraeus labeled the past year as “very very damaging” to Iran.

The remains of the Shemiran-e-Nou Mosque, which was set on fire during the protests on January 8th and 9th on January 21, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.
Steve Witkoff stands onstage with US President Donald Trump during a campaign rally at Atrium Health Amphitheater in Macon, Georgia, US, November 3, 2024

Iran's FM reassured Witkoff on 'canceled' executions, prompting Trump to call off strikes - report

A group of detainees kneels during an early morning Islamic prayer in their camp at the US military prison for "enemy combatants" on October 28, 2009 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

UK to shell out ‘substantial’ out of court settlement to Palestinian Guantanamo detainee

A graphic showing a Central Intelligence Agency logo on a phone in front of a US flag.

CIA intelligence made capture of Venezuela's Maduro by US forces 'seamless,' official says


Mossad: Hamas wants to ignite region on Ramadan more than it wants a hostage deal

The Mossad charged that Hamas is seeking to escalate tensions ahead of Ramadan at the expense of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

 YAHYA SINWAR, leader of Hamas in Gaza, attends a rally in Gaza City marking the terror organization's 35th anniversary last December. Sinwar has once again aimed the arrow at Israel's Achilles' heel, argues the writer.

Ex-CIA chief: To defeat Hamas, Israel must get Gaza running again

The former CIA chief stated Israel cannot “stop until Hamas has been destroyed and cannot be reconstituted.”

Then US Army Gen. David Petraeus at an event in the White House, April, 2011

Blinken says hostage deal still possible, Burns meets Netanyahu in Israel

High on the list of topics discussed by the agencies included speculation over whether or not hostages have received their medications.

 William Burns, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director, attends his Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 24, 2021.

Israel close to reaching a new ceasefire deal with Hamas - WSJ

CIA chief and Qatari Prime Minister along with Israeli and Egyptian intelligence officials, are set to convene in Paris on Sunday

 Staff and volunteers of Amnesty International USA, MoveOn, Oxfam America and Win Without War hold a vigil outside the White House calling for a ceasefire in the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Washington, U.S., December 18, 2023.

US secretly warned Iran before deadly ISIS suicide bombings - report

ISIS-K first emerged in Afghanistan in 2015 after ISIS terrorists declared a caliphate in Iraq and Syria, and has since grown in strength since the US departure from Afrghastigan.

 People visit the grave of senior Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani (pictured in poster) at his hometown of Kerman.

CIA tries to recruit double agents in Russia with new video

CIA hopes to recruit Russians disaffected by Ukraine war

 The logo of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is shown in the lobby of the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia March 3, 2005.

CIA providing intel to Israel on Hamas leaders, Gaza hostages

The US spy agency oversaw a new task force assembled whose purpose is to gather intelligence on the missing hostages' whereabouts and has already uncovered information on Hamas's top leaders.

 The logo of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is shown in the lobby of the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia March 3, 2005.

Russia's Navalny tracked down to 'Polar Wolf' prison in the Arctic

Navalny was tracked down to the IK-3 penal colony in Kharp in the Yamal-Nenets region, about 1,900 km (1200 miles) north east of Moscow, spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh said.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is seen on a screen via video link from a penal colony in the Vladimir Region during a hearing at the Basmanny district court in Moscow, Russia April 26, 2023.

Israel tells Qatar that they're ready for week-long truce for 40 hostages

Barnea: the war will only end when Hamas lays down its arms and hands over all those responsible and involved in the massacre on October 7.

 The flags of Israel and Qatar

CIA director meets with Qatari PM, Mossad chief to discuss hostage deal - report

Even if a deal is put together, it will be a long and difficult process.

 Families of Israelis held hostage by Hamas militants in Gaza set a symbolic shabbat table with more than 200 empty seats for the hostages, at  "Hostage Square", outside the Art Museum of Tel Aviv, October 20, 2023.