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Mukhabarat

ar (), is the Arabic term for intelligence, as used by an intelligence agency. In most of the Middle East, the term is colloquially used for secret police agents who spy on civilians. Organizations using the name include:

Egypt

  • General Intelligence Service (Egypt) (Gihaz al-Mukhabarat al-Amma)
  • Military Intelligence and Reconnaissance (Egypt) (Idarat El Mukhabarat El Ḥarbiya Wel Istitlaʾ)

Iraq

  • Iraqi Intelligence Service (Jihaz al-Mukhabarat al-Amma), under Saddam Hussein
  • Directorate of General Military Intelligence (Mudiriyyat al-mukhābarāt al-'Askariyya al-'Amma), under Saddam Hussein
  • Iraqi National Intelligence Service (INIS) (Jihaz al-Mukhabarat al-Watanii al-Eiraqii), since 2004

Jordan

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

Libya

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

Palestine

  • General Intelligence Service (Palestine) (jihaz al-mukhābarāt al-ʻĀmmah)
  • Palestinian Military Intelligence Service (al-mukhābarāt al-'Askariyah)

Saudi Arabia

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

Sudan

  • General Intelligence Service (Sudan) (jihaz al-mukhābarāt al-ʻĀmmah)

Syria

Ba'athist era

  • National Security Bureau (Maktab al'Amn Alwatanii)
  • Political Security Directorate (Idarat al-Amn al-Siyasi)
  • 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)
  • Presidential Intelligence Committee

Post-Ba'athist era

  • General Intelligence Service (Jihāz al-Mukhābarāt al-‘Āmmā)

References

References

  1. Chotaeva, Cholpon. (1983-01-01). "Yoshihiro Kimura. SOCIAL CHANGE AND POLITICS IN MODERN SYRIA. Appendix".
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