The US military is preparing the bulk transfer of 10 Guantanamo detainees to countries in the Middle East on Thursday (local time), Fox News reports, citing two defence officials.
The transfer would be the largest group of detainees to be shipped out of the prison in Cuba since Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced in December that his department would transfer a wave of detainees in early 2016, Fox News said on Tuesday.
A Pentagon spokesman declined to comment on the bulk transfer plan, Fox said.
But Pentagon officials have said more Guantanamo transfers were expected soon and were likely to bring the population of the prison for foreign fighters below 100. Four detainees have been transferred so far this year, leaving the camp population at 103.
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