A one-time close aide to Abu Nidal claimed the elusive Palestinian terrorist, found dead in Iraq this week, was behind the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.

They knew him as Abu Ali _ a masterful chef, a hospitable neighbor who grew figs and mangoes and a grandfatherly figure who taught kids to play chess. What they say they didn't know is that the ...

Mr Abu Bakr, a former spokesman for the group, split with Abu Nidal in 1989, a year after the bombing. Abu Nidal was behind a series of deadly attacks in the 1970s and 1980s "Abu Nidal said during an ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) – They knew him as Abu Ali – a masterful chef, a ...

Abu Nidal, the once-feared terrorist mastermind who died in Baghdad last month under mysterious circumstances, was given a quiet burial in the Iraqi capital, his organization said.

BAGHDAD — Terrorist mastermind Abu Nidal ended his life with a gunshot wound when security agents went to his apartment to arrest him, Iraq’s intelligence chief said Wednesday. Tahir Jalil ...

Abu Nidal was no stranger to Iraq. He had operated from Baghdad, Damascus and the Libyan capital of Tripoli when the regimes wanted to use him as a "gun for hire".