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The exterior of Camp Delta is seen at the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay. Reuters

Oman: Arrival of 10 Guantanamo Detainees for Temporary Residence

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 17, 2017 | Middle East, World

Muscat – Oman announced on Monday that it had taken in 10 prisoners released by the United States from its Guantanamo Bay military prison, part of a push by outgoing President Barack Obama to shrink the inmate population before leaving office. “To meet a request...

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Opinion: Obama – the Beginning and the End

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Dec 16, 2016 | Opinion

Next month, the USA and the whole world will turn the page of Barack Obama’s presidency; bidding farewell to eight years whose early days were full of promise, but for tens of millions ended with sadness and disasters. Like lottery tickets, electoral democracy is...

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ihad Diyab, 43, has found a new home in Montevideo, Uruguay, after his release from Guantanamo. The Washington Post

Former Guantanamo Inmate Jihad Diyab to Leave Uruguay

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 24, 2016 | World

Montevideo-A former Guantanamo Bay prisoner, who went on hunger strike in Uruguay to demand relocation to another country, has ended his protest after receiving an offer, his supporters have said. Jihad Diyab, a 45-year old Syrian, was one of a group of six Guantanamo...

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Last Mauritanian Inmate to be Released From Guantanamo Bay Arrives Home

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 19, 2016 | World

The last Mauritanian citizen to be released from Guantanamo Bay arrived in Mauritania yesterday. Mohamedou Ould Slahi arrived at Nouakchott airport aboard a US military plane and was received by a Mauritanian security mission that detained him for several hours before...

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The front gate of Camp Delta is shown at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba September 4, 2007. REUTERS/Joe Skipper

Pentagon Releases Unclassified Information on More than 100 Guantanamo Detainees

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 12, 2016 | World

Washington – The Pentagon released an unclassified report detailing the suspected militant background of more than one hundred detainees currently at, or recently released from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay. The report, which is expected to incite more...