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Yemen hands over four Al-Qaeda suspects to Saudi
Yemen has extradited to Saudi Arabia four Saudis suspected of being Al-Qaeda militants, an official Yemeni weekly said Thursday. The four were "wanted by Saudi security authorities on charges of affiliation to Al-Qaeda," said September 26, the defence ministry mouthpiece. The four were handed over on Sunday.Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh visited Saudi Arabia on Tuesday and held talks with King Abdullah. Riyadh and Sanaa have exchanged dozens of suspects under a 2003 security agreement that strengthened an extradition treaty signed in 1998. The two neighbours have both been battling suspected Al-Qaeda militants. Posted by: Fred 2008-03-28 |
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