Mukhabarat

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Mukhābarāt (Arabic: مخابرات, also transliterated muḫābarāt / muḵābarāt), is the Arabic term for intelligence, as used by an intelligence agency. In most of the Middle East, the term is colloquially used in reference to secret police agents who spy on civilians. Organizations using the name include:

Egypt[]

• General Intelligence Directorate (Egypt) (Jihaz al-Mukhabarat al-Amma)

Iraq[]

• Iraqi Intelligence Service (Jihaz al-Mukhabarat al-Amma), under Saddam Hussein
• Iraqi National Intelligence Service (INIS) (Jihaz al-Mukhabarat al-Watanii al-Eiraqii), since 2004

Israel[]

• Shin Bet, colloquially named Mukhabarat among Arab Citizens of Israel^[1]

Jordan[]

• General Intelligence Directorate (Jordan) (Dairat al-Mukhabarat al-Ammah)

Libya[]

• Intelligence of the Jamahiriya (Mukhabarat el-Jamahiriya), under Muammar Gaddafi

Palestine[]

• Palestinian Security Forces Intelligence (al-Mukhabarat), official
• Palestinian National Security Forces Intelligence (al-Mukhabarat), paramilitary

Saudi Arabia[]

• General Intelligence Presidency (Al Mukhabarat Al A'amah)

Syria[]

• Military Intelligence Directorate (Syria) (Shu'bat al-Mukhabarat al-'Askariyya)
• Air Force Intelligence Directorate (Idarat al-Mukhabarat al-Jawiyya)
• General Intelligence Directorate (Syria) (Idarat al-Mukhabarat al-Amma)

See also[]

• List of intelligence agencies

References[]

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