text: The judicial official said there is evidence that Atar is the real identity of Abu Ahmed, a pseudonym of the suspected attack coordinator.
  A source said: "He's the only co-ordinator from Syria to have been identified during the investigations".
  Some 130 people died in the attacks on the evening of November 13 2015, when suicide bombers struck near the Stade de France, while gunmen opened fire at cafes, restaurants and the Bataclan during a performance by USA rock band the Eagles Of Death Metal.
  They now say he is Osama Ahmad Atar, known for years by the Belgian authorities, and a distant cousin of two of the Brussels bombers, who blew themselves up at Zaventem airport and Maelbeek station in March 2016.
  French weekly L'Express, quoting sources saying that it was not 100 percent certain that Atar was the man who gave the orders for the Paris and Brussels attacks, but "it was one of the leads being pursued".
  Late past year a wave of bombings and shootings killed 130 people and injured hundreds more across the French capital.
  The pair, an Algerian and Pakistani, were detained on the Greek island of Leros weeks earlier, and were unable to travel on to Paris with the two Iraqis who blew themselves up at the Stade de France in Paris. He then identified Atar from police photos, a source close to the investigation told AFP.