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List of conflicts involving Albanian rebel groups in the post–Cold War era

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The following is a list of conflicts involving Albanian rebel groups in the post–Cold War era.

The list gives the name, the date, combatants, and the result of these conflicts following this legend:

  Rebel victory
  Rebel defeat
  Another result
  Ongoing conflict

List

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Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Location Result Casualties
Siege of Prekaz (1991) Jashari family Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia Kosovo Victory
  • Prekaz declared a no-go area by Serb authorities
4 killed
Insurgency in Kosovo

(1995–1998)

Kosovo Liberation Army  FR Yugoslavia Kosovo Start of Kosovo War[1][2][3] 121 Serb policemen
1997 Albanian civil war Rebels
  • Armed civilians who lost their properties
  • Armed gangs
  • Albanian army defectors
  • Salvation Committees

Government

United Nations UNSC missions

Albania New parliamentary elections 2000 civilians, soldiers, police and secret police officers
Kosovo War

(1998–1999)

Kosovo Liberation Army

 NATO

 FR Yugoslavia Kosovo Kumanovo Agreement:[4][5][6] 1,500-2,131
Insurgency in the Preševo Valley

(1999–2001)

Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac (UÇPMB)  FR Yugoslavia Ground Safety Zone Peace agreement[8][9] 27
2001 insurgency in Macedonia

(2001)

National Liberation Army (NLA)  Macedonia Polog and Kumanovo regions Ohrid Agreement[10]
  • Peace was brokered between NLA and Macedonia
  • Albanian was recognized as an official language besides Macedonian
  • Albanians received greater rights
64-105
Crisis in the Preševo Valley

(2002–present)

Different armed groups

Former UÇPMB members

 FR Yugoslavia (2002-2006)

 Serbia (2006-present)

Preševo Valley Ongoing[needs update] Several[11]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Independent International Commission on Kosovo (2000). The Kosovo Report (PDF). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 2. ISBN 978-0199243099. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-04-11. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  2. ^ Quackenbush, Stephen L. (2015). International Conflict: Logic and Evidence. Los Angeles: Sage. p. 202. ISBN 9781452240985. Archived from the original on 2023-01-11. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  3. ^ "Roots of the Insurgency in Kosovo" (PDF). June 1999. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-06-25. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  4. ^ Reitman, Valerie; Richter, Paul; Dahlburg, John-Thor (1999-06-10). "Yugoslav, NATO Generals Sign Peace Agreement for Kosovo / Alliance will end air campaign when Serbian troops pull out". SFGATE. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  5. ^ Biddle, Stephen; Bacevich, Andrew J.; Cohen, Eliot A.; Lambeth, Benjamin S.; Hosmer, Stephen T. (2002). "The New Way of War? Debating the Kosovo Model". Foreign Affairs. 81 (3): 138. doi:10.2307/20033168. ISSN 0015-7120. JSTOR 20033168.
  6. ^ Dixon, Paul (December 2003). "Victory by spin? Britain, the US and the propaganda war over Kosovo". Civil Wars. 6 (4): 83–106. doi:10.1080/13698240308402556. ISSN 1369-8249. S2CID 143143711.
  7. ^ Koktsidis, Pavlos Ioannis (2012-01-30). Strategic Rebellion. Peter Lang UK. doi:10.3726/978-3-0353-0260-8. ISBN 978-3-0353-0260-8.
  8. ^ David Holley (25 May 2001). "Yugoslavia Occupies Last of Kosovo Buffer". LA Times. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
  9. ^ Schonauer, Scott (26 May 2001). "Yugoslav troops advance in buffer zone, brace for backlash from top rebel's death". pstripes.osd.mil. Archived from the original on 8 August 2007.
  10. ^ Brunnbauer, Ulf (2002). "The implementation of the Ohrid Agreement: Ethnic Macedonian resentments" (PDF). Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe (1/2002). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
  11. ^ a b "Preševo: Povređen pripadnik Žandarmerije, ubijen vehabija". Večernje Novosti. 25 January 2014.
  12. ^ ""Komandant Naci" napada Žandarmeriju". RTS. 23 July 2009.
  13. ^ "Napad na Žandarmeriju u okolini Bujanovca". RTS. 9 July 2009.
  14. ^ "Preševo: Uklonjen spomenik albanskim borcima". Aljazeera. 20 January 2013.