Sri Lankan Civil War

1983–2009 South Asia Status: ended Casualties: ~100,000

26-year insurgency by the Tamil Tigers for a separate homeland. Pioneered suicide bombing tactics. Sri Lankan military's final offensive in 2009 killed tens of thousands of civilians alongside LTTE fighters.

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Belligerents

Sri Lanka government
LTTE (Tamil Tigers)

Casualties

~100,000

From World at War, an interactive atlas by Jairus Pereira. Figures are approximate, drawn from Wikipedia, UCDP, ACLED and academic sources — a design artefact, not an authoritative register. Contact.