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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
edit- General Intelligence Service (Egypt) (Gihaz al-Mukhabarat al-Amma)
- Military Intelligence and Reconnaissance (Egypt) (Idarat El Mukhabarat El Ḥarbiya Wel Istitlaʾ)
Iraq
edit- 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
Jordan
edit- General Intelligence Directorate (Jordan) (Dairat al-Mukhabarat al-Ammah)
Libya
edit- Intelligence of the Jamahiriya (Mukhabarat el-Jamahiriya), under Muammar Gaddafi
Palestine
edit- Palestinian Security Forces Intelligence (al-Mukhabarat), official
- Palestinian National Security Forces Intelligence (al-Mukhabarat), paramilitary
Saudi Arabia
edit- General Intelligence Presidency (Al Mukhabarat Al A'amah)
Syria
edit- 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)