Abu al Abbas buried in Damascus

Published March 23rd, 2004 - 02:00 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

More than 3,000 mourners gathered in Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus Tuesday for the burial of Palestinian leader Abu al Abbas. Israel rejected a Palestinian request to bury him in the West Bank. Abbas, 56, died March 10 in U.S. custody in Iraq.

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