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CIA

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is the US foreign intelligence service.

A major pillar of the US intelligence community, the CIA operates to safeguard US national security and interests. It does this by collecting information and carrying out covert operations in countries across the world. 

The agency's activities include counterintelligence, counterterrorism, cybersecurity, and more.

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 U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Director Bill Burns is interviewed by Roula Khalaf, editor of the Financial Times, as part of the FT Weekend festival in London, Britain September 7, 2024.

New mini-hostage deal on table that would pause Gaza war

Mossad chief David Barnea seen during a ceremony held at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum, May 5, 2024

Mossad chief Barnea to meet Burns in Doha to renew hostage talks

 THE PHILADELPHI CORRIDOR between Gaza and Egypt: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly asserts that the issue of Philadelphi is not primarily a security issue, but a political-strategic one.

'Israel must control Philadelphi Corridor to ensure Gaza security,' Former CIA director says

 The logo of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is shown in the lobby of the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia March 3, 2005.

Former CIA director: Israel pager attack 'a form of terrorism'

 CIA DIRECTOR William Burns arrives to testify before a Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee hearing on US President Joe Biden’s proposed budget request for the CIA and National Security Agency, on Capitol Hill, in June.

What have been the CIA’s triumphs and trials during the Biden era?

By ERFAN FARD
 CIA Director William J. Burns departs a classified briefing with members of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, January 30, 2024.

Another shot at ceasefire? US to unveil new text on Gaza hostage deal gaps, Israel pessimistic

 U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Director Bill Burns is interviewed by Roula Khalaf, editor of the Financial Times, as part of the FT Weekend festival in London, Britain September 7, 2024.

US switched to pressuring Israel for hostage deal concessions, officials say

 William Burns, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director, attends his Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 24, 2021.

Deal coming soon? CIA director says more detailed Gaza ceasefire proposal due in days

By REUTERS
 Demonstrators protest for the release of Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip, outside Hakirya Base in Tel Aviv, July 7, 2024

Intelligence chiefs hold Doha summit in effort to close hostage deal

 People hold banners as they take part in a rally calling for the release of hostages kidnapped in the deadly October 7 attack on Israel by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas from Gaza and for support from the U.S., outside the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel March 10, 2024.

CIA chief and Middle East envoy to visit region to push for hostage deal

By Walla!
 Director of the Central Intelligence Agency William Burns testifies at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats to American security, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 11, 2024.

CIA chief heads to Qatar, Israel to salvage Gaza hostage deal

 Hamas parade in Gaza

'Determined to secure an agreement': Hamas says in a statement regarding ceasefire proposal

By REUTERS
 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during a protest against the recent killings of Palestinian protesters on the Gaza-Israel border and the U.S. embassy move to Jerusalem, in Istanbul, Turkey May 18, 2018.

Iran informed Turkey in advance of its operation against Israel - Turkish source

By REUTERS
 People walk by pphotographs of  Israelis still held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, at "Hostage Square" in Tel Aviv. March 10, 2024.

Gaza ceasefire could be reached in days, Arab media says

 US Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) speaks at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats to American security, on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, March 11, 2024.

US spy agencies say country faces 'increasingly fragile world order'

By REUTERS
 YAHYA SINWAR, leader of Hamas in Gaza, attends a rally in Gaza City marking the terror organization's 35th anniversary last December. Sinwar has once again aimed the arrow at Israel's Achilles' heel, argues the writer.

Mossad: Hamas wants to ignite region on Ramadan more than it wants a hostage deal

Then US Army Gen. David Petraeus at an event in the White House, April, 2011

Ex-CIA chief: To defeat Hamas, Israel must get Gaza running again

 William Burns, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director, attends his Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 24, 2021.

Blinken says hostage deal still possible, Burns meets Netanyahu in Israel