Seven detained in Turkey for allegedly selling information to Israel’s Mossad

ISTANBUL — Turkish police arrested seven people on Friday on suspicion of selling information to the Israeli intelligence service Mossad, the state-run Anadolu news agency said. The suspects, who allegedly passed details to Mossad via private detectives, were detained in a joint operation with Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization, or MIT. Acting on warrants issued by … Read more

Cyprus says a joint operation with Mossad has foiled a suspected Iranian plot to kill Israelis

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Cyprus has disrupted an alleged Iranian plot to target Israeli businessmen with the arrest of two Iranian asylum-seekers who were in contact with another Iranian associated with the Revolutionary Guard, a Cypriot official said Tuesday. The official told The Associated Press the two Iranian men have been in police custody since Nov. … Read more

Iran says it has executed an Israeli Mossad spy

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran is saying it has executed an Israeli Mossad spy in the country’s southeast, state TV reported Saturday. The report said the spy was linked to foreign intelligence services, including Mossad, and charged with involvement in releasing classified information. The judiciary body executed the person in a prison in Zahedan, the capital … Read more

CIA’s Burns pushes big hostage deal in meeting with Mossad counterpart

Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave CIA Director William J. Burns arrived in Qatar on Tuesday for secret meetings with Israel’s spy chief and Qatar’s prime minister aimed at brokering an expansive deal between Israel and Hamas, said three people familiar with the visit. Burns is pushing for Hamas and Israel to broaden … Read more

A former Mossad chief says Israel is imposing an apartheid system within the West Financial institution

HERZLIYA, Israel — A former head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence company advised The Related Press on Wednesday that Israel is imposing an apartheid system within the West Financial institution, becoming a member of a tiny however rising checklist of retired officers to endorse an thought that continues to be largely on the fringes of Israeli … Read more