Turkish airstrikes kill 5 PKK terrorists in N. Iraq

By Mehmet Tosun

ANKARA

Turkish security forces killed five PKK terrorists in northern Iraq, the military said Thursday.

According to the Turkish Armed Forces, the terrorists were killed in an air operation in northern Iraq’s Zap and Metina regions on Wednesday as part of ongoing counterterrorism operations.

Airstrikes on PKK targets in southeast Turkey and northern Iraq, where the terror group has its main base in the Qandil region near the Iranian border, have been carried out regularly since July 2015, when the PKK resumed its armed campaign.

The PKK -- listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the EU and U.S. -- has killed more than 1,200 Turkish security personnel and civilians since taking up arms again.