<P> The Sri Lankan Civil War was an armed conflict fought on the island of Sri Lanka . Beginning on 23 July 1983 , there was an intermittent insurgency against the government by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ( the LTTE , also known as the Tamil Tigers ) , which fought to create an independent Tamil state called Tamil Eelam in the north and the east of the island . After a 26 - year military campaign , the Sri Lankan military defeated the Tamil Tigers in May 2009 , bringing the civil war to an end . </P>
<P> The Sri Lankan Civil War was an armed conflict fought on the island of Sri Lanka . Beginning on 23 July 1983 , there was an intermittent insurgency against the government by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ( the LTTE , also known as the Tamil Tigers ) , which fought to create an independent Tamil state called Tamil Eelam in the north and the east of the island . After a 26 - year military campaign , the Sri Lankan military defeated the Tamil Tigers in May 2009 , bringing the civil war to an end . </P>
who fought in the sri lankan civil war
who fought in the sri lankan civil war
the Sri Lankan military the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
the Sri Lankan military the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam