The United States transferred 11 Yemeni men to Oman this week after holding them for more than two decades without charge in Guantanamo Bay, the Pentagon announced Monday.
The move marks the biggest push by the Biden administration to clear the detention facility at the U.S. naval base in Cuba of the last remaining detainees who were never charged with a crime, according to the Associated Press.
An interagency review board unanimously determined that the detainees were eligible for transfer consistent with the national security interests of the United States. The Oman government agreed to help resettle them.
“The United States appreciates the willingness of the Government of Oman and other partners to support ongoing U.S. efforts focused on responsibly reducing the detainee population and ultimately closing the Guantanamo Bay facility,” the Department of Defense (DOD) said in a press release….