**Saudi officials say they have found a large arms cache near Riyadh, linking it to a dismantled al-Qaeda cell.**They say nearly 300 assault rifles and some 41,000 rounds of ammunition were found near the capital.
The weapons are linked to 44 suspected al-Qaeda militants whose arrests were announced in August.
Saudi Arabia has detained scores of suspected Islamists since al-Qaeda stepped up its campaign of bombings across the desert kingdom in 2003.
The Saudi Arabian government has recently expressed its concern about the resurgence in Yemen of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
It followed August’s assassination attempt on Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, which was claimed by the group. The prince was slightly injured in the attack.