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Six men detained by the U.S. as suspected militants with links to Al Qaeda more than a decade ago at Guantanamo Bay were released to Uruguay on Sunday.

The released prisoners were Syrians Jihad Diyab, Ahmed Adnan Ahjam, Ali Hussain Shaabaan and Omar Mahmoud Faraj; Tunisian Abdul Bin Mohammed Abis Ourgy; and a Palestinian, Mohammed Tahanmatan, Reuters reported.

The prisoner population at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre has decreased to 136 with the latest release, according to Reuters. About 779 men have been detained at the facility since January 2002, according to a study by the New York Times and NPR.

The detention camp at the U.S. military base in Guantanamo Bay was opened by former U.S. president George W. Bush after the Sept. 11 attacks to house terrorism suspects.

President Obama promised to shutter the facility when he took office nearly six years ago, but has failed to do so, due to opposition from Congress and a law that bars moving those detained at Guantanamo to prisons in the U.S.