The U.S. has transferred 11 Yemeni men to Oman after holding them for more than two decades without charge at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Many of those stuck at Guantanamo were from Yemen, a country split by war and dominated by the Iran-allied Houthi militant group.The sultanate of Oman, on the eastern edge of the Arabian Peninsula ...
The men released from Guantánamo Bay on Monday were never charged with crimes. Their resettlement leaves 15 at the U.S. military prison complex.
In ancient times Yemen was known as Arabia Felix, Latin for "happy" or "fortunate", due to its high mountains that attracted rain, making it more fertile than much of the Arabian Peninsula.
The secret mission left the smallest number of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay since the day the detention center opened in 2002. By Carol Rosenberg Reporting from Guantánamo Bay in Cuba The U.S ...
Many of those stuck at Guantanamo were from Yemen, a country split by war, with its capital held by the Iranian-allied Houthi militant group. The sultanate of Oman, on the eastern edge of the ...
The U.S. transferred 11 Yemeni men from Guantánamo Bay to Oman this week ... many of those still imprisoned at Guantánamo were from Yemen, which is a country at war, with its capital held ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon said Monday it had transferred 11 Yemeni men to Oman this week after holding ... Many of those stuck at Guantanamo were from Yemen, a country split by war and ...