  A new type of sources has been discovered by INTEGRAL. These sources are in
the course of being unveiled by means of multi-wavelength optical, near- and
mid-infrared observations. Among the high-energy binary sources, two distinct
classes are appearing. The first class is constituted of intrinsically obscured
high-energy sources, of which IGR J16318-4848 seems to be the archetype. The
second class is populated by the so-called supergiant fast X-ray transients,
with IGR J17544-2619 being the archetype. We report here on multi-wavelength
observations of sources from these two classes, focusing on optical to
mid-infrared observations. We show that in the case of the obscured sources IGR
J16318-4848 and IGR J16195-4945, our observations suggest the presence of
absorbing material (dust and/or cold gas) enshrouding the whole binary system.
We then discuss the nature of these two different types of sources.
