ANKARA – A total of 14 terrorists were “neutralized” during an airoperation on Thursday in northern Iraq, the Turkish army said on Friday.
The military generally uses the term “neutralize” to signify that thetargets have been killed.
The Turkish General Staff statement also said 13 targets, namely sheltersused by PKK terrorists, were destroyed in the Qandil region of northernIraq.
In a separate statement issued on Friday, the Turkish army stated that atotal of 59 PKK terrorists had been “neutralized” in three airstrikes innorthern Iraq’s Hakurk and Zap regions as part of counterterrorismoperations on April 1-2.
The PKK — listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and theEU — waged a terror campaign against Turkey for more than 30 years and hasbeen responsible for the death of nearly 40,000 people.
More than 1,200 Turkish security personnel and civilians, including anumber of women and children, have been killed since July 2015 alone whenthe group resumed its armed campaign against the country.