Saudi Arabia has arrested two suspected members of al-Qaeda who may have been plotting against Western embassies in the Middle East, the interior ministry says.
The two men, a Yemeni and a Chadian national, had contacts with the Yemeni branch of the terror network, aAl-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), state news agency SPA quoted ministry spokesman General Mansour al-Turki as saying on Thursday.
The Chadian suspect had been expelled from Saudi Arabia but returned with a passport issued by another country, Turki added.
"The two suspects may have been implicated in the threats against Western embassies in the region," he said.
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, at the heart of the security alert that has shut a number of US and Western missions in Sanaa, the Middle East, Asia and Africa, is seen by Washington as the most active branch of the jihadist network.
