There are 15 remaining prisoners at Guantanamo Bay after the Defense Department transferred 11 Yemeni detainees to the government of Oman earlier this week.
The 11 detainees are: Uthman Abd al Rahim Muhammad Uthman, Moath Hamza Ahmed al Alwi, Khalid Ahmed Qassim, Suhayl Abdul Anam al Sharabi, Hani Saleh Rashid Abdullah, Tawfiq Nasir Awad Al Bihani, Omar Mohammed Ali al Rammah, Sanad Ali Yislam Al Kazimi, Hassan Muhammad Ali Bib Attash, Sharqawi Abdu Ali Al Hajj, and Abd Al Salam Al Hilah. None of them had been charged with crimes during their two decades of detention.
President Joe Biden sought to close the facility during his administration, though he will not accomplish that goal, but his administration has transferred 15 prisoners to other countries since
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