ANKARA 

Turkey “neutralized” two PKK terrorists in northern Iraq, security sources said on Tuesday.

The terrorists were targeted in an operation by Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT) in Iraq’s Qandil region on Dec. 7, said the sources, requesting anonymity due to restrictions on speaking to the media.

Turkish authorities use the word “neutralize” to imply the terrorists in question surrendered or were killed or captured.

The PKK terror group often hides out in northern Iraq, just across Turkey’s southern border, to plot terror attacks in Turkey.

In its more than 35-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK – listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the US, and EU – has been responsible for the deaths of at least 40,000 people, including women, children and infants.

* Writing by Zehra Nur Duz