Sri Lanka keeps up air attacks on retreating Tigers: military
January 12, 2009 (AFP) - Helicopter gunships and war planes attacked suspected Tamil Tiger strong points in northern Sri Lanka on Monday while at least 19 …
January 12, 2009 (AFP) - Helicopter gunships and war planes attacked suspected Tamil Tiger strong points in northern Sri Lanka on Monday while at least 19 …
January 11, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's military launched air attacks against the last remaining jungle hideouts of Tamil Tiger rebels after driving them out of …
January 10, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan security forces were ready to deal a "decisive blow" to the remaining Tamil Tiger positions following the capture of the …
January 9, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops fighting Tamil rebels on Friday took full control of the highly strategic Elephant Pass, a causeway linking the …
Jan 09, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's military has gained full control of a strategic highway linking the northern Jaffna peninsular with the south of the …
January 8, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops captured more territory from Tamil Tiger rebels in the northern Jaffna peninsula Thursday, a day after the government …
January 7, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger guerrillas are "near extinction" as troops press home their initiative after capturing the rebels' political …
Jan 07, 2009 (LBO) – The Sri Lankan government said it had decided to re-impose a ban on Tamil Tigers after a lengthy military campaign that has …
COLOMBO, January 7, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka Wednesday decided to ban formally the Tamil Tigers in a symbolic move that signals closing the prospect of early …
COLOMBO, January 7, 2009 (AFP) - A powerful explosion ripped through a railway track just outside the Sri Lankan capital on Wednesday causing disruption to …
January 6, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops were battling Tuesday to flush out Tamil Tigers from the Jaffna peninsula after taking the rebels' political …
January 5, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops backed by tanks and helicopter gunships moved against the remaining Tamil Tiger jungle strongholds after taking their …
January 5, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops battling Tamil rebels Monday captured part of the highly strategic Elephant Pass in a second major success just days …
January 4, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankans celebrated the fall of the Tamil Tigers' de facto capital with street parties, but military observers say bloodier battles …
KILINOCHCHI, January 4, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka said Sunday its troops were battling towards the jungle headquarters of the Tamil Tigers, two days after …
KILINOCHCHI, January 4, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's army said Sunday it was moving in on the jungle stronghold of the Tamil Tiger rebels, in a final assault aimed …
January 3, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops advanced Saturday on the military headquarters of the Tamil Tigers, a day after capturing the rebels' de facto …
January 3, 2009 (AFP) - At least three people were wounded in a bomb blast in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo on Saturday, a day after a suicide bomb attack killed …
January 2, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops fought their way into the centre of the Tamil Tiger political capital of Kilinochchi on Friday, an official at the …
January 2, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka said Friday its troops had finally captured the unofficial capital of the Tamil Tigers and urged the rebels to lay down their …