Tag: CIA
CIA: Sinwar under increasing internal pressure to end the war
Hamas leader in Gaza Yayha Sinwar is being pressed by the terror group’s military commanders to accept a ceasefire deal and end the war with Israel, according to U.S. intelligence.
CIA Director Bill Burns conveyed...
Netanyahu talks hostage negotiations with visiting CIA chief
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hosted CIA Director William Burns at his office in Jerusalem on Wednesday afternoon for talks on the ongoing indirect hostage negotiations with Hamas.
Burns first held a private discussion with...
CIA and Mossad heads visit Qatar to talk hostages deal
The heads of the CIA and the Mossad intelligence agency met with Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani on Thursday to discuss a possible deal for the release of hostages held...
Abbas urges US spymaster to pressure Israel to stop ‘aggression’
President Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas met with CIA Director William Burns in Ramallah on Sunday, amid heightened tensions following two Palestinian terrorist attacks in Jerusalem.
Abbas briefed Burns on the “dangerous developments and the Israeli aggression against...
China overtakes US as Israel’s largest source of imports
China became Israel’s largest source of imports in 2021 with $10.7 billion, overcoming the previous top spot held by the United States, revealed Israel’s National Bureau of Statistics on Thursday.
In 2020, imports from the...
Report: CIA chief expressed concern to Bennett over Chinese investments in Israel
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Bill Burns told Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett during a visit last week that the U.S. is concerned about Chinese investments in the country, especially in the high-tech sector...
CIA director in Israel for talks focusing on region, Iran
The director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency William Burns arrived in Israel on Tuesday for talks officials say will mainly deal with Iran.
Burns is expected to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett...
Blinken urges Iran to release answers on death of former FBI agent Robert Levinson
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with the family of former Jewish FBI agent Robert “Bob” Levinson, who U.S. officials believe was abducted by the Iranian government more than a decade ago.
“I was...
Biden expected to nominate William Burns to lead CIA
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden announced on Monday that he plans to nominate William Burns to lead the Central Intelligence Agency.
Burns, who led the U.S. delegation in covert talks with Iran in 2013 when he...
Iran announces execution of ‘spy’ for CIA, Mossad
The Islamic Republic executed a man on Monday for espionage on behalf of American and Israeli intelligence, the Iranian Tasnim News Agency reported.
According to the report, the Iranian judiciary announced that Mahmoud Mousavi-Majd had provided the...