The

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was holding a total of eleven Syrian detainees in Guantanamo. A total of 778 suspects have been held in the

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s, in

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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

Wives

In 2008,

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reported:

References

External links

Ahmed Adnan Ahjam's Guantanamo detainee assessment via Wikileaks
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20140423123058/http://wikileaks.ch/gitmo/prisoner/329.html Abd Al Hadi Omar Mahmoud Faraj's Guantanamo detainee assessment via Wikileaksbr>Jihad Ahmed Mujstafa Diyab's (Abu Wa'el Dhiab's) Guantanamo detainee assessment via Wikileaks
{{DEFAULTSORT:Syrian Captives In Guantanamo * Lists of Guantanamo Bay detainees by nationality Syria–United States relations