(CNN)-- The Sri Lankan army launched an operation against Tamil rebels in the country's north early Monday, the military said, claiming to have rescued thousands of civilians trapped in a ...

Rajapaksa, who became president in 2005, escalated the war against the Tigers, and four years later government forces cornered the fighters and tens of thousands of Tamil civilians in a slender ...

Restrictions in the north and east, disproportionately affecting Tamil civilians, prevented many displaced persons from reaching work sites to earn a living, attend schools, or seek urgent medical ...

Like many Tamil civilians “disappeared” in security force operations, Krishanthy was abducted from a military checkpoint; her family members and neighbor who attempted to find her were taken ...

as well as Tamil and Sinhalese Christians. Beyond suicide bombings, the LTTE has used conventional bombs and Claymore mines to attack political and civilian targets, and has gunned down both Sri ...

Fifteen years after the war ended, families do not know if their children are dead or alive.

Media reports indicate that the three medical doctors, who were trapped in the Wanni with Tamil civilians and the LTTE, have been taken into custody for questioning regarding the releasing of ...

The West slams Pakistan and China for supplying arms used by Sri Lanka in alleged war crimes against Tamils during the civil war but is silent on Israel’s complicity.

But there was slow progress made about various other matters such as returning military-occupied lands to Tamil civilians in the North and East. In 2015, the Sri Lankan government co-sponsored UN ...