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    Iraqi And Kurdish Forces Agree To Pause Fighting

    This has the potential to open the door for talks, after Iraqi forces moved to wrest territory from the Kurds, including the oil-rich city of Kirkuk. Iraq opposed a Kurdish independence referendum.
    by Merrit Kennedy Oct 27, 2017 1 minute
    Iraqi security forces advancing Thursday towards the town of Faysh Khabur, which is located on the Turkish and Syrian borders in the Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region. / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / Getty Images

    Iraqi and Kurdish forces have agreed to temporarily pause their fighting.

    This has the potential to open the door for talks, NPR's Jane Arraf reports, after Iraqi forces moved to wrest territory from the Kurds,

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