Earlier this year, the army launched a crackdown on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (Tamil Tigers) to oust them from their territory in the northeastern part of Sri Lanka, which the rebels have occupied for several years.
今年の初めに、軍は反乱軍が数年間占拠しているスリランカの北東部にある彼らの領土から立ち退かせるために、タミル・イーラム解放のトラ（タミルの虎）に弾圧を始めた。