Saudi Arabia arrested two suspected members of Al Qaeda who may have been plotting against Western embassies in the Middle East, the interior ministry announced on Thursday.

The two men, a Yemeni and a Chadian national, had contacts with the Yemeni branch of the terror network, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, state news agency SPA quoted ministry spokesman General Mansour al-Turki as saying.

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