The World - News from Nov. 7, 1985

Leaders of six Persian Gulf states ended a three-day summit meeting in Oman by agreeing to revive contacts with both Iraq and Iran in a new effort to end their five-year-old war. According to some observers, the six nations--Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates--edged cautiously away from open support for Iraq toward a more neutralist position. In the war, meanwhile, Iraqi warplanes bombed a steel plant and a military boat-building complex in southern Iran. The Iranian regime reported at least 28 people dead and vowed to retaliate.