Saudi King Completes Medical Tests, on Road to Recovery

Saudi King Completes Medical Tests, on Road to Recovery
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Saudi King Completes Medical Tests, on Road to Recovery

Saudi King Completes Medical Tests, on Road to Recovery

Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz has completed medical tests for a lung infection and is recovering well.

In a statement on Wednesday, the Saudi Royal Court announced, “The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques has finished his medical examinations and is recovering.”

The King underwent these tests following a lung infection, as advised by royal clinics. On Sunday, October 6, the Royal Court reported that King Salman would have medical evaluations.

On October 8, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman reassured the public about the King’s health and thanked everyone who inquired about him.

He prayed for a swift recovery during the Saudi Cabinet meeting in Riyadh on Tuesday.



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.