At least 23 PKK terrorists were killed in airstrikes early Monday, the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) announced. The military said the air operation took place in northern Iraq's Zap region, after the terrorists were found at the mouth of a cave.

The PKK, listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and EU, resumed its decades-old armed campaign against the Turkish state in July 2015.

The terrorist group has murdered over 800 security personnel and 300 civilians since then while in the meantime also losing more than 10,000 militants, who were either killed or apprehended in counterterror operations.

Terror suspect killed in southeast Turkey

A suspected PKK terrorist was killed in Turkey's southeastern Mardin province yesterday. The suspect was killed in Nusaybin, which lies on the border with Syria, while medical equipment and a handgun were seized during a search. Counterterrorism operations were launched on Feb. 11 in the Nusaybin, Ömerli and Artuklu districts.