Syrian captives in Guantanamo - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

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was holding a total of eleven
Syrian detainees in Guantanamo.
A total of 778 suspects have been held in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba

Cuba

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since the camps opened on January 11, 2002
The camp population peaked in 2004 at approximately 660.

Syrian detainees at Guantanamo

isn	name	status	notes
307	Abd Al Nasir Mohammed Abd Al Qadir Khantumani Abd Al Nasir Mohammed Abd Al Qadir Khantumani Abd Al Nasir Muhammad Abd Al Qadir Khantumani is a citizen of Syria, best known for the more that eight years he spent in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camp, in Cuba....	Transferred	Hold for over eight years without charges. Transferred to Cape Verde Cape Verde The Republic of Cape Verde is an island country, spanning an archipelago of 10 islands located in the central Atlantic Ocean, 570 kilometres off the coast of Western Africa... in July 2010.
312	Muhammed Khan Tumani	Transferred	Transferred to Portugal Portugal Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the... on 2009-08-28.
317	Moammar Badawi Dokhan Moammar Badawi Dokhan -Writ of habeas corpus:Moammar Badawi Dokhanhad a writ of habeas corpus filed on his behalf.-Military Commissions Act:The Military Commissions Act of 2006 mandated that Guantanamo captives were no longer entitled to access the US civil justice system, so all outstanding habeas corpus petitions were...	Transferred	Transferred to Portugal Portugal Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the... on 2009-08-28.
326	Ahmed Adnan Ahjam	Held
327	Ali Husein Muhammad Shaaban Ali Husein Muhammad Shaaban -External links:* Andy Worthington, September 24, 2010...	Held
329	Abd Al Hadi Omar Mahmoud Faraj	Held
330	Maasoum Abdah Mouhammad Maasoum Abdah Mouhammad Maasoum Abdah Mouhammad is a citizen of Syria, formerly held in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.Guantanamo counter-terrorism analysts estimate he was born in 1972, inAl Qameshle, Syria.He is from the Kurdish ethnic group....	Transferred	Held at Guantanamo for almost eight year without ever been charged. Released to Bulgaria Bulgaria Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east... on May 4, 2010.
489	Abd Al Rahim Abdul Rassak Janko Abd Al Rahim Abdul Rassak Janko A Syrian-Kurd, Abd Al-Rahim Abdul Rassak al-Janko was a student in the United Arab Emirates who traveled to Afghanistan in 2000, where he was captured by the Taliban who announced that he had confessed to plotting to murder Osama bin Laden, as well as spying against the Taliban on behalf of Israel...	Transferred	Transferred to Belgium Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many... .
537	Mahmud Salem Horan Mohammed Mutlak Al Ali Mahmud Salem Horan Mohammed Mutlak Al Ali The memo was published three times. The first two instances contained redactions.-Mahmud Salem Horan Mohammed Mutlak Al Ali v. George Walker Bush:A writ of habeas corpus, Mahmud Salem Horan Mohammed Mutlak Al Ali v...	Transferred	Never been charged during his more than eight years in Guantanamo. Released to Germany on September 16, 2010.
722	Jihad Ahmed Mujstafa Diyab Jihad Ahmed Mujstafa Diyab Jihad Ahmed Mujstafa Diyab is a citizen of Lebanonheld in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.As of August 18, 2011, Jihad Ahmed Mujstafa Diyab has been held at Guantanamo for nine years....	Held
726	Menhal Al Henali Menhal Al Henali Menhal Al Henali is a citizen of Syria who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.Al Henali's Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 726....	Transferred	Fethi Boucetta was one of the 38 captives determined not to have been enemy combatants after all.

Wives

Human Rights Watch

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reports:

"On July 31, State Security, one of Syria’s numerous security agencies, seized Yusra al-Husayn at her house and took her into detention. She is the wife of Jihad Diab, a detainee at the US military base at Guantanamo Bay."

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