Mukhabarat

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Mukhābarāt (Arabic: مخابرات, also transliterated muḫābarāt / muḵābarāt; Stem III masdar from Kh-B-R, "report, news") is the Arabic term for intelligence, as in intelligence agency. In the West, the term is sometimes used negatively, connotating repression, often by means of secret police or state terror, in Arab countries[citation needed]. Organizations using the name include:

Egypt

  • Al-Mukhabarat Al-'Ammah (General Intelligence Service)

Iraq

Jordan

  • Dairat al-Mukhabarat al-Ammah (General Intelligence Bureau)

Libya

Saudi Arabia

Syria

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

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