 The Sri Lankan Civil War was in a conflict on the island-nation of Sri Lanka.Between 1983 and 2009 there was an intermittent civil war, predominantly between the government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a separatist militant organisation who during this time fought for the creation of an independent state named Tamil Eelam in the North and East of the island.The UN has estimated that up to 100,000 people (combatants and civilians) may have been killed during the 26 years of fighting.