The men in the latest transfer included Shaqawi al Hajj, who had undergone repeated hunger strikes and hospitalizations at Guantanamo to protest his 21 years in prison.

The Biden administration has transferred eleven Yemeni prisoners with suspected al-Qaeda ties at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp to Oman in the Middle East, the Department of Defense announced Monday,

The United States has sent 11 Yemeni detainees of the notorious Guantanamo Bay prison to Oman, the Pentagon said on Monday. US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin informed Congress in September 2023 about his intent to support the repatriation of the 11 detainees following a rigorous review,

The men released from Guantanamo Bay on Monday were never charged with crimes. Their resettlement leaves 15 at the U.S. military prison complex.

The secret mission left the smallest number of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay since the day the detention center opened in 2002.

The United States has sent 11 Yemeni detainees at the Guantanamo Bay detention center to Oman, the Pentagon said on Monday, in a major resettlement that slashes the prisoner population to just 15 people.

The Pentagon said Monday it had transferred 11 Yemeni men to Oman this week after holding them for more than two decades without charge at the U.S. naval base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. The transfer was the latest and biggest push by the Biden administration in its final weeks to clear Guantánamo of the last remaining detainees there who were never charged with a crime.