Six men long held at Guantanamo Bay have arrived in Oman, the first movement of detainees out of the US prison in five months.
The six detainees - all from Yemen - boarded a flight from the US prison in Cuba on Friday, bringing Guantanamo's population down to 116.
The move means President Barack Obama has now transferred more than half of the 242 detainees who were at Guantanamo when he was sworn into office after campaigning to close it.
The transfers to Oman are the first to be given final approval by Defense Secretary Ash Carter, who has been on the job for four months.
The six new transfers include Emad Abdullah Hassan, who has been on hunger strikes since 2007 in protest of his confinement without charge since 2002.
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In court filings protesting force-feeding practices, Hassan said detainees have been force-fed up to a gallon at a time of nutrient and water.
An administration official said Oman agreed to accept the six Yemeni detainees about a year ago.
But the defence secretary must give final approval for the move, and that has been a slow process at the Pentagon.
