Jeevarani was one of thousands of Tamils who gathered on May 18 to mark 16 years since the end of Sri Lanka’s brutal civil ...

In his words, “Let’s be honest—the world does not allow Israel to win a total victory over them.”Elad identified four terrorist organizations from history that were effectively dismantled through ...

While Tamils in the northern province ... The Intersectional Trends of Land Conflicts in Sri Lanka,' terms this a sign of increasing “Sinhala-Buddhisisation” in the northern and eastern ...

Fifteen years after Sri ... The Tamil rebels sought to establish an independent homeland, citing systemic marginalization by the Sinhalese-majority government. Even after the war ended in 2009 ...

JAFFNA, Sri Lanka - Scarred ... to the majority Sinhala population and many Tamils say they have no hope of a better future from those candidates. A 26-year civil war between Tamil insurgents ...

Sri Lanka’s northern Tamil ... Sinhalese majority make up around 75 per cent of the country that was torn apart by bitter ethnic conflict between the two communities. “After the civil war ...

This year marks 15 years since the end of the Civil War in Sri Lanka. The armed forces ... the violent displacement of Tamil and Muslim farmers to make space for Sinhala settlements.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP ... alleged government war crimes and increased autonomy and recognition for the Tamil-majority north and east, while also reaching out to the Sinhalese community.

At the site of a bloody battlefield that marked the end of Sri ... ethnically Sinhalese, with the Tamil community making up about 11% of the population. The separatist civil war broke out in ...

MULLAITIVU, Sri Lanka (AP ... is overwhelmingly ethnically Sinhalese, with the Tamil community making up about 11% of the population. The separatist civil war broke out in 1983 after years ...