Following the September 11 attacks, the U.S. led a multinational military operation against Taliban-ruled Afghanistan to dismantle Al-Qaeda and capture its leader, Osama bin Laden.

6 days ago · Constructed in stages starting in 2002, the Guantánamo Bay detention camp (often called Gitmo, which is also a name for the naval base) was used to house Muslim militants and suspected terrorists captured by U.S. forces in Afghanistan, …

President Donald Trump, who made the deportation of immigrants a central part of his campaign and presidency, said Wednesday that the U.S. will use a detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to hold tens of thousands of the “worst criminal aliens.” “We’re going to send them out to Guantánamo,” Trump said at the signing of the Laken Riley Act.

Sky News gains rare access to the controversial American prison in Cuba for the case of suspected al Qaeda commander Abdul Hadi al Iraqi. ...more.

Feb 14, 2025 · Opened on January 11, 2002, nearly eight hundred Muslim men and boys have been held without charge or trial. We explore the history and current conditions at this facility.

Apr 4, 2021 · WASHINGTON — A once-secret unit within the Guantanamo Bay detention center that had fallen into disrepair has been closed and the prisoners moved to another facility on the American base in...

The Guantanamo Bay detention camp (which is also called Guantanamo or Gitmo) is a United States concentration camp in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base on the coast of Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.

Mar 31, 2025 · U.S. Has Spent $40 Million to Jail About 400 Migrants at Guantánamo. The disclosure of the tab so far came after five senators visited the offshore operation, which they condemned as a waste of ...

Jan 10, 2022 · January 11 marks 20 years since the opening of Guantanamo Bay, the infamous US prison located in Cuba that critics say allows detainees to be held indefinitely outside of normal laws or...

2 days ago · Since 2002, roughly 780 detainees have been held at the American military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Now, 15 remain. Of those, 9 have been charged with war crimes in the military...