Yemen arrests 2 Frenchmen over suspected al-Qaeda links
SANAA - Yemen's national security chief said Saturday authorities have arrested two French citizens suspected of being members of al-Qaeda, without mentioning whether they were involved in this month's attack on a French newspaper.
Gen. Ali Hassan al-Ahmadi said the two were arrested on charges of belonging to the militant group.
Speaking to reporters in the capital, Sanaa, he said that al-Qaeda has around 1,000 members in Yemen, from 11 different Arab and non-Arab countries.
