Tamil Tigers Defeat | featured news

Sri Lankan Tamil party drops separatist demand

Sri Lankan Tamil party drops separatist demand

Sri Lanka's main ethnic Tamil party on Friday dropped its demand for an independent state and said it is ready to accept regional self-rule, following the defeat of separatist Tamil Tiger rebels in a 25-year civil war.

 

Sri Lanka says Tamil Tiger leader killed

Sri Lanka says Tamil Tiger leader killed

Sri Lanka declared Monday it had crushed the final resistance of the Tamil Tigers, killing rebel chief Velupillai Prabhakaran ...

 

Sri Lanka rebels offer to lay down arms

Sri Lanka rebels offer to lay down arms

The Tamil Tiger rebels admitted defeat in their 25-year-old war with the Sri Lankan government today, offering to lay down their guns as government forces swept across their last strongholds in the northeast.

 

Subscribe to this RSS topic: Syndicate content