Eelam War III is the name given to the third phase of armed conflict between the Sri Lankan military and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam...
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between 1983 and 2009 Eelam War I, between 1983 and 1987 Eelam War II, between 1990 and 1995 Eelam War III, between 1995 and 2002 Eelam War IV, between 2006...
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Eelam War II is the name given to the second phase of armed conflict between Sri Lankan military and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. The...
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Eelam War IV is the name given to the fourth and final phase of armed conflict between the Sri Lankan military and the separatist Liberation Tigers of...
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thereby beginning the next phase of the war, dubbed Eelam War III. The new government then pursued a policy of "war for peace". Determined to retake the...
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Eelam War I (23 July 1983 - 29 July 1987) is the name given to the initial phase of the armed conflict between the government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE...
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Bandaranaike Airport attack (category Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam attacks in Eelam War III)
attack was a suicide raid Black Tigers of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on 24 July 2001 on the Sri Lanka Air Force base SLAF Katunayake and...
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The war was waged for over a quarter of a century, with an estimated 70,000 killed by 2007. Immediately following the end of war, on 20 May 2009, the UN...
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This is a list of wars that began between 1990 and 2002. Other wars can be found in the historical lists of wars and the list of wars extended by diplomatic...
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Sarath Fonseka (section Eelam War III)
Army ended the 26-year Sri Lankan Civil War in 2009, defeating the militant group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam; he thereafter briefly served as the Chief...
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this time with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and other Tamil militant groups. The war escalated to the point where India was asked to...
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Tamil Tigers declared a ceasefire and requested peace talks during the Eelam War III in Sri Lanka,: 50 but hostilities resumed on April 25, and the Tamil...
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Kumarapuram massacre (category Sri Lankan government forces attacks in Eelam War III)
apparent reprisal for the killings by the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) of two soldiers near a location called the 58th mile post on February...
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Colombo Central Bank bombing (category Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam attacks in Eelam War III)
attacks carried out by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during the separatist civil war in Sri Lanka between the government and the Tamil Tigers...
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Theepan (category Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam members)
a leading role in the LTTE's military victories in the Vanni during Eelam War III, including Mullaitivu (1996), Kilinochchi (1998), Oddusuddan (1999)...
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2002 (section War on terror)
2002 include the Eelam War III in Sri Lanka, which was halted with a ceasefire agreement in February,: 98 and the Angolan Civil War, which was resolved...
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Lionair Flight 602 (category Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam attacks in Eelam War III)
indicated that the plane had been shot down by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) using a man-portable surface-to-air missile, which has since been...
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1988 Maldives coup attempt (redirect from List of wars involving the Maldives)
organization from Sri Lanka, the People's Liberation Organization of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE), to overthrow the government in the island republic of Maldives...
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Soosai (category Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam members)
head of the Sea Tigers, the naval wing of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. Thillaiyampalam Sivanesan was married to Sathyadevi, the younger sister...
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LTTE sack two SLN gunboats. The phase of the war that followed, known as Eelam War III, saw a conventional war taking place in the northern and eastern provinces...
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Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for most of the 1990s–2000s during the Sri Lankan Civil War. Tamil Eelam, although encompassing the traditional homelands of Eelam Tamils...
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Battle of Mullaitivu (1996) (category Battles of Eelam War III)
militant Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE or Tamil Tigers) and the Sri Lankan military during the Sri Lankan Civil War for control of the military base...
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attached to the No. 5 "Jet" Squadron SLAF. During the Eelam War III phase of the Sri Lankan Civil War, they saw considerable action bombing targets and providing...
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Operation Riviresa (category Battles of Eelam War III)
successful military operation in Sri Lankan Armed Forces during the Third Eelam War. During the mid-1990s, the primary objective of the Sri Lankan military...
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Stanley Road bombing (category Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam attacks in Eelam War III)
bombing carried out by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during the separatist civil war in Sri Lanka between the government and the Tamil Tigers...
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1996 Attack on Colombo Harbour (category Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam attacks in Eelam War III)
on 19 April 1995 sinking SLNS Sooraya and SLNS Ranasuru that set off Eelam War III. In the days that followed, the LTTE shot down two Sri Lanka Air Force...
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Battle of Kilinochchi (1998) (category Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam attacks in Eelam War III)
fought between the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). On 25 July, 1996 Mullaitheevu base fell into the Tiger's hands....
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Battle of Mullaitivu (1997) (category Battles of Eelam War III)
of the Jaffna peninsula's population. For the entire duration of the Eelam War. SLNS Ranaviru Athas, Iqbal. "Navy's moment of glory in Mullaitivu seas"...
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Velupillai Prabhakaran (category Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam members)
nationalism, and the founder and leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The LTTE was a militant organization that sought to create an independent...
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Operation Jayasikurui (category Battles of Eelam War III)
routes) through territory held by the LTTE (or Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, popularly known as the Tamil Tigers), by linking the government-held towns...
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