Jaffna is the former stronghold of the Tamil Tigers, the infamous Sri Lankan guerrilla group. This legendary peninsula at the northern tip of Sri Lanka was ravaged by three decades of civil war ...

A ban on foreign nationals visiting Sri Lanka's former war zones and an economic embargo on minority Tamil regions have been lifted by the government.

As Sri Lanka's military all but vanquished the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) last month, the 25-year ethnic conflict finally seemed to be over. But unless President Mahinda Rajapaksa ...