Turkish jets hit PKK targets in northern Iraq

The Turkish Air Force has "neutralized" 17 PKK terrorists in raids in northern Iraq, the military said Monday.

Strikes on PKK targets were carried out in Iraq's Hakurk region resulting in 17 terrorists being “neutralized”, a term that usually suggests the targets have been killed.

According to security sources from the Turkish Armed Forces who spoke on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on speaking to the media, at least three terrorist shelters were also destroyed.

The PKK is listed as a terrorist organization in Turkey, the U.S. and EU. In 33 years of violence against Turkey, more than 40,000 people have been killed.

The group uses northern Iraq’s mountainous border region to launch attacks on Turkey and has its main base at Qandil, near the Iraq-Iran border.