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Timeline Of The Insurgency In The Preševo Valley
Timeline of the insurgency in the Preševo Valley. Abbreviations: ;Combatants *UÇPMB-Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac. *VJ- Yugoslav Army *NATO-North Atlantic treaty organization *KFOR-Kosovo Force (NATO) Insurgency 1999 *June: Due to the FRY's inability to use any heavy weapons against the UÇPMB, the group expanded and occupied all villages related to Sectors B and C east. *21 November: 2 Serbian police officers are killed by a land mine placed by UÇPMB. *21 November: Attack at Prepolac. ANA victory. 3 officers killed after an attack on a police checkpoint. 2000 *16 January: Pasjane Killings. 3 Serbian civilians killed by UÇPMB. *4 March: Battle of Dobrosin. UÇPMB victory. UÇPMB capture Dobrosin. *July – 27 November: Clashes around Bujanovac. UÇPMB victory. UÇPMB captures all villages near Bujanovac besides Lučane. KFOR blocks the roads to Dobrosin stopping further conflicts in the area. *21–27 November: Attacks near Dobrosin. UÇPMB victory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Insurgency In The Preševo Valley
The insurgency in the Preševo Valley was an approximately two year-long armed conflict between 1999 and 2001, between the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the ethnic Albanian separatists of the Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac (UÇPMB). There were instances during the conflict in which the Yugoslav government requested Kosovo Force, KFOR support in suppressing UÇPMB attacks since they could only use lightly armed military forces as part of the Kumanovo Treaty that ended the Kosovo War, which created a buffer zone between Serbia and Montenegro, FR Yugoslavia and United Nations Administered Kosovo, Kosovo. Background Before the insurgency Preševo Valley was home to approximately 100,000 people, of whom 70,000 were Albanians in Serbia, Albanians and another 30,000 Serbs. Albanians make up to 95% of Preševo, 63% of Bujanovac and 26% of Medveđa population. The region is sometimes referred to as Eastern Kosovo by Albanians. The Albanian-populated region b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberation Army Of Preševo, Medveđa And Bujanovac
The Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac (LAPMB; , UÇPMB; , OVPMB) was an Albanian militant insurgent group fighting for separation from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia for three municipalities: Preševo, Medveđa, and Bujanovac, home to most of the Albanians in south Serbia, adjacent to Kosovo. Of the three municipalities, two have an ethnic Albanian majority, whilst Medveđa has a significant minority of them. The UÇPMB's uniforms, procedures and tactics mirrored those of the then freshly disbanded Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). The 1,500-strong paramilitary launched an insurgency in the Preševo Valley from 1999 to 2001, with the goal of joining these municipalities to Kosovo. The EU condemned what it described as the "extremism" and use of "illegal terrorist actions" by the group. Background In 1992–1993, ethnic Albanians created the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) which started attacking police forces and secret-service officials who abused Albanian ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yugoslav Army (Federal Republic Of Yugoslavia)
The Armed Forces of Serbia and Montenegro ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, Војска Србије и Црне Горе, Vojska Srbije i Crne Gore, included ground forces with internal and border troops, naval forces, air and air defense forces, and civil defense. From 1992 to 2003, the ''VSCG'' was called the Yugoslav Army ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, link=no, separator=" / ", Војска Југославије, BJ , Vojska Jugoslavije, VJ, ), created from the remnants of the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), the military of SFR Yugoslavia until the country disbanded. The rump state, then named Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, participated in the Yugoslav Wars with limited direct intervention of its own armed forces. Following the end of the Wars and the constitutional reforms of 2003 by which the state was renamed "Serbia and Montenegro", the military accordingly changed its name. The military was heavily involved in combating Albanian separatists during the Kosovo War and Preševo Valley conflict, and als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO ; , OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental organization, intergovernmental Transnationalism, transnational military alliance of 32 Member states of NATO, member states—30 European and 2 North American. Established in the aftermath of World War II, the organization implements the North Atlantic Treaty, signed in Washington, D.C., on 4 April 1949. NATO is a collective security system: its independent member states agree to defend each other against attacks by third parties. During the Cold War, NATO operated as a check on the threat posed by the Soviet Union. The alliance remained in place after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact, and has been involved in military operations in the Balkans, the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa. The organization's motto is . The organization's strategic concepts include Deterrence theory, deterrence. NATO headquarters, NATO's main headquarter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kosovo Force
The Kosovo Force (KFOR) is a North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO-led international NATO peacekeeping, peacekeeping force and military of Kosovo. KFOR is the third security responder, after the Kosovo Police and the EU Rule of Law (European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo, EULEX) mission, respectively, with whom NATO peacekeeping forces work in close coordination. Its operations are gradually reducing until the Kosovo Security Force, established in 2009, becomes self-sufficient. KFOR entered Kosovo on 12 June 1999, one day after the United Nations Security Council adopted the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244, UNSC Resolution 1244. At the time, Kosovo was facing a grave humanitarian crisis, with Military of Serbia and Montenegro, military forces from Serbia and Montenegro, Yugoslavia in action against the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) in daily engagements. Nearly one million people had fled Kosovo as refugees by that time, many of whom left permanently. Curr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attack At Prepolac
The Attack at Prepolac (Serbian: Напад на Преполац), was a violent incident carried out by the Albanian National Army against the police of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia at the Prepolac checkpoint, located in the municipality of Kuršumlija, on November 21, 1999. The attack occurred during the heightened tensions following the Kosovo War and is considered one of the first major incidents in the Ground Safety Zone (GSZ) near the Kosovo border. Background The Ground Safety Zone was established as a buffer area between the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) and Kosovo following the Kosovo War. It was meant to reduce hostilities in the region but became a hotbed for insurgent activities. Armed Albanian groups, including those operating from the municipality of Podujevo in Kosovo, such as the Albanian National Army, frequently attacked Yugoslav police forces stationed near the border. The Prepolac checkpoint, located near the regional road between Kuršumlijska B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albanian National Army
The Albanian National Army (ANA; , AKSh) is an ethnic Albanians, Albanian paramilitary organization which operates in North Macedonia, Serbia and Kosovo. The group opposes the Ohrid Agreement (2001), Ohrid Framework Agreement which ended the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia between members of the National Liberation Army (Macedonia), National Liberation Army and North Macedonia, Macedonian security forces. History ANA's dates of origin are unclear but most observers agree that it was founded between 1999 and 2001. The organization is associated with Albanian nationalism#Pan-Albanianism and Albanian politics in the Balkans, FBKSh (National Front for Reunification of Albanians), its political wing. ANA released a communiqué in February 2000, claiming responsibility for a January 13, 2000, Aračinovo ambush, attack in Aračinovo that resulted in the deaths of four Macedonian police officers. In August 2001, during the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia, it claimed responsibility for killing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pasjane Killings
Pasjane ( sr-Cyrl, Пасјане) or Pasjani (), is a village in the municipality of Parteš in Kosovo. It is inhabited by a majority of ethnic Serbs. History The village was mentioned as ''Pasjan'' ( sr-Cyrl, Пасјан) in the Ottoman ''defter'' of 1455 of the Vlk Vilayet (Vilayet of Vuk), encompassing most of Vuk Branković's former territory. At that time the village was populated exclusively by Serbs The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Southeastern Europe who share a common Serbian Cultural heritage, ancestry, Culture of Serbia, culture, History of Serbia, history, and Serbian lan ..., on the forehead with priest, living in 94 households. In 1907, there was a battle between Serbian Chetnik Organization and Ottoman Empire In the villages church. In the 18th-Century, Bosiljka Rajčić lived in the village of Pasjane, where she was brutally attacked, beaten, tortured and mutulated to death at the age of 17. O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
