Nov 13, Colombo: Sri Lankan troops of the Task Force-1 advancing ahead of the Western Kilinochchi battlefront have entered two key rebel-held coastal villages along the Northwestern coast this morning, the military said.

The fall of these strategically important coastal villages of Devil's Point and Vallaipadu is a sever blow to the rebels as these areas are used for Sea Tiger operations to smuggle weapons and launch attacks on the ground troops.

Military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara said troops are closer to take control of the entire western coast and restrict the rebels to Pooneryn.

Meanwhile heavy fighting has been reported from the battlefronts in Kilinochchi. The military said troops inflicted heavy damages to the terrorists without giving any casualty figures.