-
Resistance to US intervention in Sri Lanka
Aug 18, 2019 11:50Sri Lanka is a participant in the Maritime Belt and Silk Road Initiative (BRI), China’s extensive network of ports and maritime facilities connecting the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
-
Sri Lanka’s Muslims bloodied by Buddhist extremists
Jun 28, 2019 12:14Sri Lanka has become more fragile, fractured and polarized following the Easter Sunday bomb attacks last April as the country’s Muslims are harassed and subjected to violence by mobs of Sinhala Buddhists who form the majority of the island’s population.
-
Leaked cable suggests Saudi foreknowledge of S. Lanka terrorism
May 29, 2019 08:48New evidence suggests that the regime in Riyadh not only had prior information of the brutal bombings and did nothing to stop them, but may have played a more active and direct role in the bloodshed.
-
Sri Lanka: How Saudi-backed terror targeted China’s allies
May 11, 2019 05:06When terrorism strikes – as in any sort of criminal investigation – the first question that must be asked is: “To whose benefit?”