Riyadh (ANTARA News/AFP) - Saudi authorities announced Sunday a list of 47 people wanted for suspected links to Al-Qaeda who are all abroad, the interior ministry said in a statement carried by state news agency SPA.

"Authorities have identified 47 wanted Saudis who are abroad and who adopt the deviant ideology," the ministry said, using the kingdom`s term for the Al-Qaeda terror network.

Saudi militants linked to Al-Qaeda launched a wave of attacks against Westerners and government installations between 2003 and 2006 before coming under a severe crackdown by the authorities.

Many are believed to be active in neighbouring Yemen after the merger of the Saudi and Yemeni Al-Qaeda front groups in the two countries under the banner of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP, which is based in Yemen. (*)

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