In Turkey, security forces killed 29 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants in an operation in a mountainous area of eastern Turkey's Agri and Van provinces near the Iranian border. <br/><br/>The Agri governor's office and army said today, three Turkish soldiers and a member of the state-sponsored village guard militia had also been killed in the yesterday operation. <br/><br/>A ceasefire between the Turkish State and the militants broke down in July 2015 and the southeast subsequently saw some of the worst violence since the PKK insurgency began in 1984. <br/><br/>More than 40,000 people, mostly Kurds, have been killed in the conflict. The PKK is designated a terrorist group by Turkey, the United States and the European Union.<br/><br/>