Residents of Sri Lanka's former rebel heartland struggle to rebuild lives after war The vast rice fields of Kilinochchi are overgrown with shrubs. ...
Sri Lanka's air force on Friday bombed a suspected hideout of a top Tamil Tiger rebel while ground forces kept up a major ...
Security forces pushed deeper into territory held by Tamil Tiger rebels in northern Sri Lanka and captured several strongholds of the guerrillas, the defence ministry said Friday. Government forces are engaged in a major offensive to capture the town of Kilinochchi which ...
Sri Lanka's massive offensive against Tamil rebels is taking longer than expected because of concerns for civilians trapped in the battle zone, President Mahinda Rajapakse said on Tuesday. Rajapakse said his security forces were "fighting under severe constraints to cause no harm ...
The Sri Lankan government admitted on Monday that scores of its troops had been killed or injured in fierce fighting with the Tamil Tigers, its biggest reported battlefield loss in months. The defence ministry said troops had edged closer to the rebels' ...
The Sri Lankan government said on Monday that scores of its troops had been killed or injured in several days of fierce fighting with the Tamil Tigers, its biggest reported losses in months. The island's defence ministry said its troops had edged ...
