Sri Lanka

Israeli-made 'Kfir' aircraft will fly until 2030, following new deal between Sri Lanka, IAI

Sri Lanka is upgrading the five Kfir jets that it has under a $50 million deal with IAI. The planes received an advanced cockpit, a new mission computer, and additional avionics improvements.

|ByUDI ETZION
Israeli-made Kfir fighter jets.
Iran's Ambassador to Germany Majid Nili Ahmadabadi speaks from the embassy in Berlin, March 19, 2026.

Iranian embassies openly recruit for ‘sacrificing life’ campaign in the West

Iranian embassies in the UK, Germany, Australia, and Sri Lanka have openly sought recruits for a martyrdom campaign amid ongoing conflict with the US and Israel.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
IDF combat engineering battalion 603 commander Lt.-Col. "R.

Hind Rajab Foundation targets IDF vet in Sri Lanka in first US-citizen case

The complaint filed by the Belgium-based Palestinian organization marks the first filed against an American citizen outside the United States.

|ByYOAV ETIEL, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
The US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner fires a Tomahawk land attack missile in support of Operation Epic Fury attack on Iran from an undisclosed location March 1, 2026.

How a US submarine torpedoed an Iranian frigate for first time since WWII during Iran strikes

The March 4 incident in the Indian Ocean marked the first time an American submarine had torpedoed an enemy vessel since the last days of World War II.

|ByJOHN RUDDY/THE DAY/TNS

Why only ‘unnatural’ deaths?

Let us not wait for a disruption at the scale of two world wars to reconsider this as “natural.” Let every death as a result of climate criminals be followed by international headlines.

APRIL 29, 2019ByTAL HARRIS
A candlelight vigil is held at Rancho Bernardo Community Presbyterian Church for victims of a shooting incident at the Congregation Chabad synagogue in Poway, north of San Diego, California

All in the family: How Sri Lanka terror reveals reality of threat

There is no doubt that ISIS is still a widespread threat around the world with a capacity to inspire attacks.

APRIL 29, 2019BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
A blood-spattered statue of Jesus Christ is pictured while crime scene officials inspect the site of a bomb blast, as the sun shines through the blown-out roof, inside St Sebastian's Church in Negombo, Sri Lanka April 21, 2019

Sri Lanka bans face veils after Easter day bombing attacks on churches

Human Rights Watch condemned the ban.

APRIL 29, 2019ByREUTERS
Muslim woman whose veil is decorated with the Egyptian flag

Family of Jewish teens killed in Sri Lanka to start charity in memory

APRIL 29, 2019ByJOSEFIN DOLSTEN/JTA
A blood-spattered statue of Jesus Christ is pictured while crime scene officials inspect the site of a bomb blast, as the sun shines through the blown-out roof, inside St Sebastian's Church in Negombo, Sri Lanka April 21, 2019

ISIS attacks show the world what Israel has always been dealing with

ISIS proved this week that not only is the organization alive, it is also kicking, fiercely.

APRIL 28, 2019ByALON BEN-DAVID/MAARIV
AN ISIS fighter uses his phone to lm a military parade in Syria’s northern Raqqa province in 2014

Sri Lanka bans groups suspected to be behind attacks; raids safe house

Israel recommends citizens leave island, refrain from visiting.

APRIL 28, 2019ByREUTERS, HERB KEINON
Sri Lankan military officials stand guard in front of the St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade church after an explosion in Colombo, Sri Lanka

Fifteen killed in Sri Lanka in shootout with suspected Islamist militants

Six children were also killed in the gun battle.

APRIL 27, 2019ByREUTERS
Men carry dead bodies towards ambulances near the St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade church after an explosion in Colombo, Sri Lanka April 21, 2019.

'Black sheep': The mastermind' of Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday bombs

"He was against our teaching and the way we interpreted the Koran - he wanted his radical Islam," said Aliyar. "So we kicked him out."

APRIL 26, 2019ByREUTERS
TERRORISTS STRUCK at worshipers in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lankans urged to avoid mosques, churches amid fears of more attacks

Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith also appealed to priests not to conduct mass at churches until further notice.

APRIL 26, 2019ByREUTERS
A Sri Lankan navy soldier searches a truck at a check point in Colombo, three days after a string of suicide bomb attacks on churches and luxury hotels across the island on Easter Sunday, in Sri Lanka April 24, 2019

Sri Lankan security forces - Too distracted to stop terror?

Despite years of military support from Israel, Sri Lankan security forces dropped the ball, leading to one of the worst terror attacks since 9/11.

APRIL 25, 2019ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Sri Lankan military officials stand guard in front of the St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade church after an explosion in Colombo, Sri Lanka