The Biden administration has transferred eleven Yemeni prisoners with suspected al-Qaeda ties at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp to Oman in the Middle East, the Department of Defense announced Monday,

Eleven Yemeni detainees at Guantanamo Bay have been transferred to Oman, marking yet another detainee transfer from the military prison in the final days of the Biden administration.

A prisoner who has been held at Guantanamo Bay since the day it opened over 20 years ago has been released, the Pentagon said. Ridah bin Saleh al-Yazidi’s transfer back to Tunisia was approved more than a decade ago, and he was never charged, but authorities have only just confirmed his repatriation.

The Pentagon announced Monday that it has released 11 Yemeni detainees with suspected ties to al Qaeda from the Guantanamo Bay military prison in Cuba. The detainees, none of whom have been charged with a crime,

President Joe Biden's pardons and commutations have already made his lame-duck transitional period notorious. Now, in what The New York Times described as a "secret operation" early Monday, he's nearly halved the population of the country's most notorious prison for terrorists and terrorism suspects.

President Joe Biden’s administration on Monday announced the transfer of 11 Yemeni detainees being held at a United States naval base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba to Oman. The detainees include two former bodyguards for Osama bin Laden.

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,