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 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
- 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
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