1,000 PKK militants killed in operations in Nusaybin, Şırnak
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The Turkish General Staff has announced that a total of 1,000 outlawed 
Kurdistan Workers’ Party  (PKK) militants were killed in operations in the Nusaybin district of  the southeastern province of Mardin and in the southeastern province of  Şırnak, which reached an end on June 3.
A total of 495 
PKK  militants were killed in operations in Nusaybin while 515 barricades  were removed, 53 trenches were filled and 1,256 hand-made explosives  were destroyed, the General Staff said in a statement. 
It also added that 239 weapons, 11,041 rounds of ammunition, 45 radio sets and 40 kilograms of explosive materials were seized.
According to the statement, another 505 
PKK militants were killed in operations in Şırnak.
A  total of 238 barricades were removed, 39 trenches were filled and 1,566  hand-made explosives were destroyed, the statement read. In addition,  280 weapons, 25,929 rounds of ammunition, nine radio sets and 6,420  explosive materials were seized in operations in the province.
Security  forces were continuing detailed efforts to remove barricades and  destroy explosives placed in the region, the statement read.
The  joint operation of security forces in Nusaybin and Şırnak, with the  participation of police officers, began on March 14 and ended on June 3.
Meanwhile, Turkish warplanes conducted air operations against 
PKK targets in the southeast as well as in northern Iraq on June 5.
The warplanes destroyed 
PKK  targets in a rural area of the Yüksekova district of the southeastern  province of Hakkari as well as the Avaşin, Basyan and Kandil regions in  northern Iraq.
The jets also conducted airstrikes on 
PKK targets in the Gara region in northern Iraq on June 6 between 8:54 a.m. and 9:46 a.m.
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