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Saudi King Receives Written Message from Transitional President of Burkina Faso

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. SPA
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. SPA
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Saudi King Receives Written Message from Transitional President of Burkina Faso

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. SPA
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. SPA

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, received a written message from Transitional President Ibrahim Traore of Burkina Faso concerning the relationship between the two countries and ways to improve coordination on matters of mutual interest.

During his visit to Riyadh on Sunday, the High Representative and Special Adviser to the Transitional President of Burkina Faso handed a message to Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah.

The two sides discussed regional and international issues and their efforts to address them.

The meeting was attended by the Undersecretary of the Foreign Ministry for Political Affairs, Dr. Saud Al-Sati.

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Saudi Etidal and Telegram Remove 129 Million Extremist Content

The partnership between Etidal and the Telegram platform is based on enhancing joint cooperation and expanding coordination. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
The partnership between Etidal and the Telegram platform is based on enhancing joint cooperation and expanding coordination. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
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Saudi Etidal and Telegram Remove 129 Million Extremist Content

The partnership between Etidal and the Telegram platform is based on enhancing joint cooperation and expanding coordination. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
The partnership between Etidal and the Telegram platform is based on enhancing joint cooperation and expanding coordination. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

The joint efforts between the Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology (Etidal) and the Telegram platform in the field of combatting extremist content have achieved new results. The two teams were able to remove 129,634,467 million extremist content and close 14,516 extremist channels on the platform since February 2022 until the end of the third quarter of 2024.
During the third quarter of 2024, the two teams monitored the propaganda activity of three terrorist organizations: ISIS, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and Al-Qaeda. They removed 35,634,916 million extremist content and closed 323 extremist channels.
ISIS topped the list of removed posts with 34,602,606 extremist content and the closure of 189 extremist channels, followed by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham with the removal of 768,821 extremist content and the closure of 87 extremist channels, while Al-Qaeda came at the bottom of the list with 263,489 extremist content and the closure of 47 extremist channels.
The two teams noted an increase in the propaganda activity of ISIS, with a peak on September 13, 2024, when the terrorist organization broadcasted 1,283,141 million extremist content.
The partnership between Etidal and the Telegram platform is based on enhancing joint cooperation and expanding coordination between them regarding the prevention and combating of terrorism and violent extremism (PCVE), by monitoring and removing terrorist propaganda content published in Arabic via the platform.