To my surprise the Sri Lanka Army had gone to great lengths to preserve for now, all that they had captured from the LTTE. A large map in the visitor information booth in Puthukkudiyiruppu gave the ...

By crippling the LTTE’s capability and motivation, the IPKF prevented the creation of Eelam (a separate homeland for the ...

In January 1995, a cease-fire was declared between the government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE, and the two sides entered into negotiations, raising hopes that the parties might finally reach a ...

The new year may signal a turn in Sri Lanka's conflict -- but it is unlikely to be an end. The Tamil Tigers have their roots in the earliest days of Sri Lanka's independence in 1948. But since ...

There is, however, one big difference. True, New Delhi trained and armed the LTTE to protect the Tamils in Sri Lanka, increasingly marginalized. But India jettisoned the force in no time when it ...