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CIA Director: Tensions between Israelis, Palestinians Resemble Second Intifada

The director of the United States Central Intelligence Agency expressed his concern last week that the current period of tensions between Palestinians and the Israeli occupation is beginning to resemble the Second Intifada. “I was a senior US diplomat 20 years ago during the Second Intifada, and I’m concerned — ...

February 8, 2023

Middle East

CIA Chief Visits Zionist Entity amid Escalation with Palestine

CIA director Bill Burns is visiting the Zionist entity and the West Bank, where he will hold meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders and intelligence chiefs, the Walla Israeli news site reported Friday. Burns arrived in Tel Aviv on Thursday, the report said, citing two US sources. The CIA declined ...

January 27, 2023

World

CIA Chief Held Secret Visit to Ukraine: Report

CIA Director William Burns met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to discuss forthcoming Russian military steps last week, according to a report in The Washington Post Thursday. “Director Burns traveled to Kyiv where he met with Ukrainian intelligence counterparts, as well as President Zelensky, and reinforced our continued support for ...

January 20, 2023

Middle East

CIA Warns of Dangerous Impact of ‘Full-Fledged’ Russia-Iran Partnership

Director of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) William Burns warned that the strategic and military alliance between Iran and Russia is developing further and is likely to manifest itself in wider swaths of the Middle East with ‘deadly’ consequences. “I’m quite worried. I mean, you know, historically, there’s a lot of ...

December 17, 2022

World

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Washington Post: CIA Director Secretly Met Taliban Leader in Afghanistan

US President Joe Biden dispatched the nation’s top spy to meet the head of the Taliban on Monday, in the highest level diplomatic encounter since the militant group took over Afghanistan’s capital, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday. The Post, citing unnamed US officials who spoke on the condition of ...

August 24, 2021

Middle East

Source Denies Report on Meeting between Shamkhani, Burns

An informed source has denied reports about a meeting in Iraq between Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani and CIA Director William Burns. Speaking to Tasnim on Tuesday, the informed source said Shamkhani has not held any such meetings or talks with the American official. The Central ...

April 28, 2021

World

Biden Officially Nominates Ex-Ambassador to Russia Burns as New CIA Chief

US President Joe Biden has officially nominated ex-Deputy Secretary of State William Burns as the new head of the CIA. “Nominations sent to the Senate: William Joseph Burns <…> to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency”, a statement from the White House said. Now, it is up to the ...

February 4, 2021