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    Spotlight | Iraq
    Iraqi services on high alert following Islamic State prisoner transfer

    Vehicles outside the Al-Hol camp, located in northeastern Syria, now under the control of Syrian government forces. It housed numerous people suspected of having links with the jihadist group Islamic State.
    Vehicles outside the Al-Hol camp, located in northeastern Syria, now under the control of Syrian government forces. It housed numerous people suspected of having links with the jihadist group Islamic State. © Abdulmonam Eassa/Getty Images Europe via AFP

    Since the arrival of 5,700 former Islamic State fighters from Syria in Iraq, Baghdad's intelligence services have been increasingly vigilant, scurrying to manage the detainees and monitor the Iraq-Syria border. The developments come at a time of political tension, with the head of the Iraqi National Intelligence Service potentially set to become the country's next prime minister.

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    United Kingdom
    MI5 workload expands as UK rolls out new 'critical infrastructure' designations

    Chris Bryant, now Minister of State for Trade, stated in 2025 when Minister of State at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology that 'the whole of the data infrastructure process is now part of the critical national infrastructure'.
    Chris Bryant, now Minister of State for Trade, stated in 2025 when Minister of State at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology that "the whole of the data infrastructure process is now part of the critical national infrastructure". © Leon Neal/Getty Images Europe via AFP

    Whitehall is quietly extending the Critical National Infrastructure classification across the UK's communications landscape, imposing new responsibilities on MI5's National Protective Security Authority.

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    France, Iran
    France ready to defend allies in event of Iran response to US strikes

    French President Emmanuel Macron visits French naval personnel deployed at a naval base in Abu Dhabi, on 9 November 2017.
    French President Emmanuel Macron visits French naval personnel deployed at a naval base in Abu Dhabi, on 9 November 2017. © Ludovic Marin/AFP

    President Donald Trump has given Tehran ten days to comply with US demands. As a secondary player in the confrontation between the regional powers that are Washington, Tehran and Tel Aviv, Paris is getting ready to protect allies if Iran retaliates.

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