Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate
The General Intelligence Service (GIS) (Arabic: جهاز المخابرات العامة / Gihaz al-Mukhabarat al-Amma), often called the Mukhabarat (Arabic: المخابرات / al-Mukhabarat), is an Egyptian intelligence agency responsible for providing national security intelligence, both domestically and transnationally, with a counter-terrorism focus.
The GIS is part of the Egyptian intelligence community, together with the Office of Military Intelligence Services and Reconnaissance (Arabic: ادارة المخابرات الحربية والاستطلاع / Idarat al-Mukhabarat al-Harbyya wa al-Istitla) and the State Security Investigations Service (SSIS) (Arabic: جهاز مباحث أمن الدولة / Gihaz Mabahith Amn al-Dawla).
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