Sri Lanka declared Monday it had crushed the final resistance of the Tamil Tigers, killing the leader of Tamil Tiger rebels along with his son and other rebel commanders, according to reports.

Sri Lanka declared Monday it had crushed the Tamil Tiger rebels, killing their chief, Velupillai Prabhakaran, and ending his three-decade quest for an independent homeland for minority Tamils.

Sri Lanka released 1,800 rehabilitated Tamil Tiger fighters on Friday, as part of what it says are efforts to reconcile ethnic differences after a quarter of a century of war.

Sri Lanka's military has said Tamil Tiger leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran's body had been found, and President Mahinda Rajapaksa urged Tamils to join in rebuilding a nation split by a 25-year ...

Sri Lanka's military said Thursday it has proved conclusively through DNA testing that Tamil Tiger chief Velupillai Prabhakaran was killed last week, after supporters refused to believe a ...

Sri Lanka's military said on Tuesday Tamil Tiger rebel leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran's body had been found, and President Mahinda Rajapaksa urged Tamils to join in rebuilding a nation split by a ...

Not so long ago, you would have been courting death by trying to drive from Colombo to Kilinochchi. Now aid convoys are rolling all the way from the capital to the nerve center of Sri Lanka's rebel ...

Selvarasa Pathmanathan led the remnants of the rebel organization that was militarily defeated by Sri Lanka three months ago. Skip to main content Skip to main menu Skip to search Skip to footer.

The military says it killed Velupillai Prabhakaran, top deputies, and his son, a day after the rebel movement admitted defeat.

Sri Lanka's navy, assisted by warplanes and helicopters, launched a massive attack against a flotilla of nearly 20 boats belonging to separatist Tamil Tiger rebels off the island's northern coast ...

Sri Lanka's air force bombed Tamil Tiger territory in the far north on Tuesday in what the military called a preemptive strike on a training base, but the rebels said it was an unprovoked attack ...