Sri Lanka troops advance into Tiger territory: military
October 25, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka troops were locked in heavy combat with Tamil Tiger guerrillas in the island's north where soldiers made several advances …
October 25, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka troops were locked in heavy combat with Tamil Tiger guerrillas in the island's north where soldiers made several advances …
October 24, 2008 (AFP) - Security forces pushed deeper into territory held by Tamil Tiger rebels in northern Sri Lanka and captured several strongholds of the …
October 23, 2008 (AFP) - Government forces captured several bunkers from Tamil Tiger rebels as heavy fighting raged despite torrential monsoon rains in …
October 21, 2008 (AFP) - A massive Sri Lankan government offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels is taking longer than expected because of concern for civilians …
October 20, 2008 (AFP) - Dogged resistance by Tamil Tiger guerrillas appears to have held up a Sri Lankan military offensive in the north aimed at smashing the …
October 20, 2008 (AFP) - At least 33 Sri Lankan government soldiers and 11 Tamil Tiger rebels have been killed in the latest heavy fighting in the north of the …
October 19, 2008 (AFP) - Troops and Tamil Tiger rebels were locked in intense fighting in northern Sri Lanka Sunday after government forces smashed through the …
October 17, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops captured a rebel-held town in the island's north following heavy fighting that killed a "large" group of guerrillas, …
October 17, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's government said Friday it would send a delegation to India to defuse mounting tensions over the escalating war against …
October 16, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's military on Thursday stepped up attacks against suspected Tamil Tiger positions in the island's north and accused the …
October 15, 2008 (AFP) - Heavy fighting broke out across Sri Lanka's northern area of Kilinochchi, leaving 37 Tamil Tiger rebels and six soldiers dead, the …
COLOMBO, October 14, 2008 (AFP) - The Sri Lankan army said Tuesday it has killed 38 Tamil Tiger rebels involved in a fierce counter-attack in the island's …
October 11, 2008 (AFP) - Heavy fighting continued between troops and Tamil Tiger rebels across Sri Lanka's war-ravaged north, with the military killing 20 …
October 9, 2008 (AFP) - A Sri Lankan military advance on the stronghold of the rebel Tamil Tigers in the island's northeast triggered heavy fighting that …
Oct 09, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's agriculture minister Maithripala Sirisena escaped an assassination attempt Thursday when a suspected Tamil Tiger suicide …
Oct 06, 2008 (LBO) – A former Sri Lankan military general who won office in a regional election has been killed in a suicide blast in the north central …
Oct 06, 2008 (LBO) - A former Sri Lankan military general who won office in a regional election was killed in a suicide blast in the along with a score of …
October 5, 2008 (AFP) - The widely expected fall of the Tamil Tigers' political capital would mark the separatists' biggest loss in 13 years, but analysts …
October 4, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's army chief said Saturday his troops are on the verge of capturing the key northern headquarters of the Tamil Tigers in …
October 3, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops have killed 42 Tamil Tigers and injured 53 in a ground and sea offensive aimed at dismantling the rebels' mini-state …