Saudi Deputy Defense Minister Meets US, UN Envoys to Yemen, CENTCOM Chief

Prince Khalid bin Salman meets with US envoy to Yemen Tim Lenderking. (Twitter)
Prince Khalid bin Salman meets with US envoy to Yemen Tim Lenderking. (Twitter)
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Saudi Deputy Defense Minister Meets US, UN Envoys to Yemen, CENTCOM Chief

Prince Khalid bin Salman meets with US envoy to Yemen Tim Lenderking. (Twitter)
Prince Khalid bin Salman meets with US envoy to Yemen Tim Lenderking. (Twitter)

Saudi Deputy Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman held separate talks in Riyadh on Tuesday with US envoy to Yemen Tim Lenderking and UN envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths, reported the Saudi Press Agency.

Talks focused on the latest developments in Yemen and joint efforts exerted towards supporting Saudi Arabia’s initiative to end the conflict.

On his talks with Griffiths, Prince Khalid tweeted: “I assured him of the Kingdom's support to the UN’s efforts to establish a ceasefire and reach a comprehensive political resolution to the Yemeni crisis.”

For his part, the envoy lauded Saudi Arabia’s humanitarian role to end the conflict through the initiative it presented earlier this year and that enjoys the backing of the UN.

On his talks with Lenderking, Prince Khalid said they held a “constructive meeting to review the latest developments in Yemen.”

He tweeted that they “discussed the common efforts to support the Saudi initiative and the UN’s ceasefire efforts that will help achieve a comprehensive political resolution to the Yemeni crisis.”

Both meetings were attended by Saudi Ambassador to Yemen Mohammed Al-Jaber.

On Monday, Prince Khalid had received US Central Command Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie in Riyadh.

Talks focused on the Saudi-American partnership, specifically their defense and military cooperation.

They underlined their importance and role in preserving international security and peace and bolstering regional stability.

They also discussed the latest regional developments and efforts exerted towards them to boost regional and international security and peace.



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.