| Published Fri, October 27th 2017 at 16:10, Updated October 27th 2017 at 16:23 GMT +3Iraqi forces and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters reach agreement on Friday to stop fighting in Northern Iraq. BAGHDAD: Iraqi forces and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters reached an agreement on Friday to stop fighting in northern Iraq, the media office of the U.S.-led anti-Islamic State coalition said. A spokesman for the coalition in Baghdad told Reuters the ceasefire agreement covered all fronts. The oil-rich city of Kirkuk fell to Iraqi forces without much resistance on Oct. 16 but the Peshmerga began to fight back forcefully as they withdrew closer to the core KRG territory. The most violent clashes happened in the northwestern corner where Peshmerga are defending land crossings to Turkey and Syria and an oil hub that controls KRG crude exports.

Source: Standard Digital October 27, 2017 13:18 UTC