NEWS
March 26, 1987 | From Times Wire Services
Foreign Secretary Geoffrey Howe told his Saudi Arabian counterpart on Wednesday that Britain has no intention of restoring ties with Syria, British officials said. During talks with Prince Saud al Faisal, the Saudi foreign minister, Howe said that ties with Damascus will not be restored until Britain has proof Syria is no longer involved in terrorist activities, they said.
NEWS
May 11, 1987
Britain is deporting a number of Iraqi Kurds to Syria after rejecting their requests for political asylum, the British government said. London newspapers reported that a Kurdish woman and her 20-year-old son slashed their wrists when told of the decision. Reports on the number of Kurds affected varied from 12 to 13 to 25, and the Home Office declined to release a figure.