Government Rules Out Returning Key Military-Held Lands in Northern Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka —Seventeen years after the end of Sri Lanka's civil war and the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), the government said Tuesday that it would retain military control over lands in Valikamam North it considers essential to national security, reaffirming that large sections of the Palaly High Security Zone will remain under military control. The decision deepens the frustration of Tamil landowners, many of whom have spent decades seeking the return of propert
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