U.S. President Joe Biden's administration slashed the prisoner population at Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba by nearly half on Monday, sending 11 detainees to Oman.
Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, member of the Political Bureau and head of the Cuban foreign affairs ministry, condemned the Israeli attack on the airport of Sana'a in Yemen.
Eleven prisoners at a U.S. naval base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, have been handed over to the government of Oman, officials said Monday.
The notorious prison at Guantanamo Bay Cuba is now down to just 15 detainees after 11 were just transferred out and sent to Oman, a long-time U.S. ally.
At its peak, almost 700 prisoners were held in Guantanamo Bay, many of whom were never charged with crimes.The United States has released 11 Yemeni detainees from the controversial naval base at Guantanamo Bay,
The secret mission left the smallest number of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay since the day the detention center opened in 2002.
Eleven Yemeni detainees have been moved from the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay to Oman. The move has left 15 detainees in the prison in Cuba - the smallest number at any point in its history.
The United States transferred 11 Yemeni detainees in the biggest push by the Biden administration to clear the prison of its remaining prisoners.
The Yemeni men had been held at the infamous facility at the southeastern end of Cuba for more than two decades without charge. Two of them were alleged bodyguards for Osama Bin Laden.
At its peak, about 680 people, most suspected of terrorism and being "illegal enemy combatants", were held at the American-run prison in Cuba. Now there are just 15 men left.
In a significant step towards reducing the population at the U.S. military prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, the Biden administration