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Spotlight | Philippines, Saudi Arabia, UAE
Filipino experts work on Gulf states' most sensitive intelligence programmes

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr will soon be visiting Riyadh. © Mast Irham/Pool/MaxPPP

Both Saudi Arabia and the UAE's top secret intelligence programmes rely on Filipino expertise, Intelligence Online's investigations have found. [...]

Published on 03/10/2023 at 04:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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