First Detainee to Leave Guantanamo since Trump Took Office Arrives in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia confirmed the arrival of a prisoner who was returned from the Guantanamo Bay detention center to serve out the remainder of his 13-year sentence.

Ahmed Mohammed al-Darbi is the first detainee to leave the US base in Cuba since President Donald Trump took office, RT reported.

The Pentagon first announced the transfer in a brief statement on Wednesday. The Saudi state security service confirmed that al-Darbi arrived just before midnight on Wednesday, and his relatives had been notified.