Turkish warplanes launched air strikes against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq today, killing 34 militants in two separate bombardments. <br/><br/>The strikes targeted the militants in Iraq's Zap region. PKK militants, who have fought a three-decade insurgency in Turkey's largely Kurdish southeast, have camps in the mountains of northern Iraq. They have been regularly hit by Turkish warplanes since a two-year ceasefire collapsed in July 2015.<br/><br/>More than 40,000 people have been killed in the conflict since the fighting resumed after the ceasefire. The PKK, which Turkey has blamed for multiple deadly bomb attacks in cities over the last year, is designated a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union.