The "red notices" are a high alert to police in all 188 member countries of the international body to watch out for the suspects and include information to help identify them, with a view to arresting and extraditing them.

The Saudi suspects pose "a potentially serious public threat at home and abroad due to their suspected involvement with Al-Qaeda," Interpol said, citing the Saudi Interior Ministry.

Over the weekend, Saudi Arabia asked Interpol for its help in tracking the suspects beyond its borders. Saudi officials have said the men, ages 18 to 40, are believed to be outside the country.

Interpol’s statement said Saudi Interior Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Mansour Al-Turki said most of the men “posed a potentially serious public threat at home and abroad due to their suspected involvement with Al-Qaeda.”

He urged the men to turn themselves in to the authorities.

The international alerts, or “red notices,” that Interpol issued for the men are not tantamount to international arrest warrants. It is up to individual states to determine whether to act upon them.

The 47-man listing is one of the largest batches of “red notices” ever issued by Interpol at one time.

Saudi Arabia routinely releases lists of wanted Al-Qaeda suspects. The country has aggressively battled the group since a series of attacks inside the Kingdom that began in 2003.