“The number of Saudis proven to be in conflict areas is 2,093,” interior ministry spokesman General Mansour al-Turki told daily newspaper Al-Hayat.
He said that 1,540 of them were in Syria, where militants have flocked since Islamic State seized control of vast areas in mid-2014. Another 147 were in Yemen, which is the base of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
Another 31 were believed to be in Afghanistan or Pakistan, Turki said. Turki said 73 Saudis had also been detained abroad “on charges related to acts of terrorism.”
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Over 2,000 Saudi extremists fighting abroad
27 December 2016
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More than 2,000 Saudis are fighting abroad with extremist groups, with over 70 percent of them in Syria, the kingdom’s interior ministry was reported as saying Monday.
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