Sri Lanka takes Tiger defences, kills scores: defence ministry
November 20, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lankan security forces on Thursday captured a key defence line of Tamil Tiger rebels after six days of intense fighting that left …
November 20, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lankan security forces on Thursday captured a key defence line of Tamil Tiger rebels after six days of intense fighting that left …
LONDON, November 18, 2008 (AFP) - The Tamil Tigers are likely building up their capacity for receiving weapons shipments with two long airstrips to receive …
November 18, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's navy traded fire with a flotilla of Tamil rebel boats off the island's northeastern coast Tuesday, a day after ground …
Nov 18, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's central bank said it had made the Tamil Rehabilitation Organization (TRO), an organisation linked to the Tamil Tigers, to …
November 17, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops on Monday captured two more strategic towns from Tamil Tiger rebels following fierce fighting in the north of the …
November 16, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka stepped up air attacks against suspected rebel targets in the island's north Sunday, a day after ground troops re-captured …
November 15, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lankan security forces on Saturday recaptured the strategically important northern town of Pooneryn from Tamil Tiger rebels after …
November 15, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president on Saturday asked Tamil Tigers to surrender after troops claimed re-taking a strategically-important town from …
November 13, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops on Thursday wrested control of two coastal villages from Tamil Tiger rebels after a series of pitched battles, the …
November 12, 2008 (AFP) - At least nine Tamil Tiger rebels were killed as Sri Lankan troops fought pitched battles in the island's north, the defence ministry …
November 11, 2008 (AFP) - Government forces in Sri Lanka have wrestled control of a small town from Tamil Tiger rebels in an ongoing military offensive, the …
MADHU, November 9, 2008 (AFP) - One of Sri Lanka's holiest Catholic shrines stands idle and neglected -- an unlikely victim of a decades-long internal conflict …
November 9, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops were close to capturing a key road to the northern peninsula of Jaffna after months of heavy fighting, the defence …
November 8, 2008 (AFP) - Helicopter gunships launched a rare night assault against a suspected Tamil Tiger base located on a small islet off Sri Lanka's Jaffna …
November 7, 2008 (AFP) - Intense battles gripped Sri Lanka's northern Wanni region as government forces stepped up pressure on the Tamil rebel political …
Nov 06 (2008) - Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa called on Tamil Tigers to immediately lay down arms and enter the democratic mainstream and warned that …
November 2, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's military stepped up air attacks against Tamil Tiger rebels in the island's north after a sea battle left heavy casualties …
November 1, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's navy and Tamil Tiger rebels fought a fierce sea battle off the island's northern coast Saturday, and heavy casualties were …
October 30, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops on Thursday took control of a key rebel-held town on the island's northwest coast through which the Tamil Tigers …
Oct 28, 2008 (LBO) – Power to Sri Lanka's capital Colombo was cut Tuesday night after Tamil Tiger guerilla aircraft dropped bombs in the north eastern …