Posters of Jalal Talabani, a Kurdish guerrilla leader who became Iraq’s president after the U.S. toppled Saddam Hussein, are on display at the entrance to the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party headquarters, that was evacuated by Kurdish security forces, in
Posters of Jalal Talabani, a Kurdish guerrilla leader who became Iraq’s president after the U.S. toppled Saddam Hussein, are on display at the entrance to the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party headquarters, that was evacuated by Kurdish security forces, in Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Oct. 16, 2017. Iraqi forces advanced on Kirkuk overnight Monday, clashing with Kurdish forces on the outskirts. The city is outside the Kurdish autonomous region but claimed by the Kurds and the central government. (AP Photo/Emad Matti)