The General Intelligence Service (Arabic: جهاز المخابرات العامة Gihaz El Mukhabarat El ‘Amma; GIS), often referred to as … See more

The decision to set up an Egyptian intelligence service was taken following the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, led by the Free Officers Movement, when Egypt was under increased threat from foreign adversaries, such as th… See more

The GIS is omnipresent in Egypt's economy, media and society. The organization is active as an entrepreneur in various sectors and uses them as a source of finance and a hub for political influence.
GIS is signi… See more

GIS operations which have (eventually) gone public have been much dramatized on Egyptian TV and cinema.
• The GID states that it managed to plant an Egyptian agent among Jewish immigrants to Israel. T… See more

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• Sirrs, Owen L. (2010). A History of the Egyptian Intelligence Service: A History of the Mukhabarat, 1910–2009. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-56920-0.
• Sullivan, Denis J.; Jones, Kimberley (2008). Global sec… See more