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The web page covers the atrocities committed by all sides during the Kosovo War, which lasted from 1998 to 1999. It focuses on the ethnic cleansing and genocide of Kosovo Albanians by Serbian forces, and the international response and consequences.
The Kosovo War was an armed conflict between Serbia and the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) from 1998 to 1999, which ended with NATO intervention. The war resulted in the displacement and death of thousands of civilians, mostly Albanians, but also Serbs and other ethnic groups.
During World War II, the region of Kosovo was split into three occupational zones: Italian, German, and Bulgarian. Partisans from Albania and Yugoslavia led the fight for Kosovo's independence from the invader and his allies. [1] During occupation by Axis powers, Bulgarian and Albanian collaborators killed thousands of Kosovo Serbs and ...
The Yugoslav Wars were a series of ethnic conflicts, wars of independence, and insurgencies that took place from 1991 to 2001 in the region of the former Yugoslavia. They resulted in the breakup of Yugoslavia into six independent countries, massive deaths and displacements, and war crimes trials.
The resolution also reiterated a number of findings including the number of victims as "more than 8000 Muslim men and boys" executed and "nearly 25 000 women, children and elderly people were forcibly deported, making this event the biggest war crime to take place in Europe since the end of the Second World War". [67]
The Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) was an ethnic Albanian separatist militia that fought for the independence of Kosovo from Serbia in the 1990s. It received support from Albanian diaspora, NATO and international organizations, but also faced allegations of war crimes and narcoterrorism.
Atrocities against civilians in Kosovo were the basis of United Nations war crimes charges against Milošević and other officials responsible for directing the Kosovo conflict. On 29 March 1999, to escape possible destruction, Jat Airways evacuated around 30 of its fleet of civilian aircraft from Belgrade to neighbouring countries for safekeeping.
A comprehensive overview of the war crimes that have violated the laws and customs of war since 1899. The article covers various conflicts, such as the Second Boer War, the Philippine–American War, the Herero Wars, and the Balkan Wars, and provides summaries and sources for each case.