Turkey says 5 PKK members killed in counter-terror operations
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ANKARA, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Turkish security forces killed at least five members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on Sunday.
In a written statement by Turkey's defense ministry, two PKK members were killed in Turkish airstrikes in northern Iraq.
The two were "neutralized" in the Avashin-Basyan region after being detected by reconnaissance and surveillance vehicles, the ministry said.
Meanwhile, three other members of the PKK were killed in a domestic security operation in southeastern Turkey, the interior ministry said in the statement.
The Provincial Gendarmerie Command in Siirt province carried out the air-backed operations in Eruh district of Gabar and the operations are underway, said the statement.
Turkish security forces have long been conducting operations against the PKK in southeastern Turkey and northern Iraq where the group has hideouts. Enditem
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