Tamil rebels have fought the government since 1983 to create an independent homeland for the country's 3.1 million Tamil minority after decades of discrimination.

NEW DELHI, Dec. 23 -- Ethnic Tamil rebels attacked a military convoy in northern Sri Lanka on Friday, killing 13 navy troops in the worst such incident since a 2002 cease-fire, the Sri Lankan ...

Sri Lankan authorities questioned the new leader of the Tamil Tiger rebels Friday after he was arrested in Southeast Asia and flown to this island nation. IE 11 is not supported.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, July 24 -- An attack by ethnic Tamil rebels forced the closing of Sri Lanka's only international airport today, forcing passengers to run for their lives and leaving burned-out ...

Tamil rebels holed up in ever-diminishing territory in northern Sri Lanka forcibly recruited children to take part in final defences against government troops, according to a former senior official.

According to the rebels, 1,000 civilians had been killed – a government doctor among them – though the military disputed this. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said the ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — An international rights group said Monday there were "reasonable grounds" to believe Sri Lankan forces committed war crimes during the final months of the country's civ ...

The military said Tamil Tiger rebels sank a navy cargo ship in the eastern port town of Trincomalee. Rebels attacked the 213-foot vessel with an underwater explosive device, said navy spokesman ...

Sri Lankan soldiers routed ethnic Tamil rebels from a key town after weeks of heavy fighting, the military said, and thousands of Tamil civilians fled their homes because of the battles.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan authorities questioned the new leader of the Tamil Tiger rebels Friday after he was arrested in Southeast Asia and flown to this island nation. Selvarasa ...