RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has detained 62 suspected al Qaeda militants with links to radicals in Syria and Yemen who were plotting attacks on government and foreign targets in the kingdom, its Interior Ministry said on Tuesday.
The world's No. 1 oil exporter is increasingly concerned that Syria's civil war is radicalising more of its own citizens and has announced tough new measures to counter militancy.
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