(MENAFN- Arab News) ANKARA: Turkish warplanes struck Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant targets on Saturday part of an air and ground offensive against the group in southeast Turkey where some areas have been under curfew for as long as 10 days.
The Turkish army said it hit PKK shelters and supply points in the mountainous Semdinli district of Hakkari province north of Turkey's borders with Iraq and Iran.
A round-the-clock curfew in Mardin's Nusaybin district entered its tenth day on Sunday during which ten PKK militants and two civilians had been killed according to a statement by local governor's office.
Seven districts of Diyarbakir had a three-day curfew lifted on Sunday morning though the restrictions stayed in place in other parts of the city.
The PKK's 31-year-old conflict with the state erupted anew in July with Turkey launching air strikes on militant camps in response to attacks on its security forces ending a March 2013 cease-fire. Hundreds have been killed in the latest fighting.
The PKK wants autonomy for Turkey's large Kurdish minority. Designated a terrorist group by Turkey the United States and European Union the PKK launched a separatist insurgency in 1984 in which more than 40000 people have been killed. The state launched peace talks with its jailed leader in 2012.
Meanwhile a bomb placed on a motorcycle exploded on Sunday in a Kurdish-held Syrian town along the Turkish border killing at least three and wounded 20 others.