ERBIL — Turkish warplanes conducted airstrikes in various regions of the Qandil mountain in the Kurdistan Region on Tuesday, targeting areas where the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) maintains a presence, according to local sources.

The airstrikes took place at approximately 6:15 p.m. (Erbil Time) in locations including Sinamoka, Bepalan, Dole Rasw, Ashqulka, Kurtak, and other sites, as reported by Nehro Abdullah, the head of local administration in Sangasar, to Kurdistan 24.

Details regarding potential casualties or material damage from the airstrikes are not yet available, the official mentioned.

Turkey classifies the PKK as a "terrorist organization," and the two sides have been engaged in a prolonged military conflict over the Kurdish issue within Turkey. The armed group maintains positions along the border areas of the Kurdistan Region, drawing the Turkish military to the region.

On Tuesday, Turkey's National Intelligence Organization claimed that its forces had "neutralized" a senior member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) within the Kurdistan Region.

"Turkish intelligence has neutralized Ayse Arslan, the self-proclaimed social area coordinator of the PKK terror organization in northern Iraq's Hakurk region," as reported by Anadolu Agency, citing security sources.

"Turkey had been tracking the terrorist, who had joined the PKK in 2004 and had been active in the group's Syrian offshoot YPG since 2014."

In its military operations against the PKK, Ankara uses the term "neutralize" to indicate actions such as killing or arresting PKK members.

Additionally, a Turkish drone attack on Monday targeted a vehicle in the village of Boskeni near the Ranya district in Sulaymaniyah province, resulting in the death of two PKK fighters and injuries to two others.