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Victory. Yugoslav Forces invade the Neutral Zone of Junik and Drenica but are pushed back by Kachak rebels under Azem Galica. Drenica-Junik Uprising. (1924) Kachaks. Kosovo Albanians. Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. Defeat. Yugoslav forces annex areas of the Neutral Zone of Junik and Drenica.
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Judges at the Kosovo war crimes tribunal have ordered that prison visitors for former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci are vetted and visits are monitored after prosecutors ...
Roland Bartetzko (born 1970) is a former German soldier and convicted terrorist who fought with the Croatian Defence Council in the Bosnian War (1992–1995) and the Kosovo Liberation Army in the Kosovo War (1998–1999). In 2001, Bartetzko orchestrated a car bombing outside a Yugoslav government office in Pristina, killing one Serb civilian ...
Hamëz Jashari (brother) Bekim Jashari (nephew) Besarta Jashari (niece) Adem Jashari (born Fazli Jashari; 28 November 1955 – 7 March 1998) was one of the founders of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), a Kosovo Albanian separatist militia which fought for the secession of Kosovo from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during the 1990s.
Hashim Thaçi ( Albanian pronunciation: [hä'ʃɪm 'θɑ:t͡ɕɪ] ⓘ; born 24 April 1968) is a Kosovar Albanian politician who was the president of Kosovo from April 2016 until his resignation on 5 November 2020 to face a war crimes tribunal. [2] [3] He was the first prime minister of Kosovo and the Foreign minister and deputy prime minister ...
The Pastasel massacre was a mass execution of 106 Kosovo Albanian civilians during the Kosovo war, which took place on 31 March 1999. Serbian forces surrounded the village and upon entering they expelled the women to Albania whilst they gathered the males and summarily executed them. The victims were mostly above the age of 55 but also children ...
The Kosovo Security Force [b] ( KSF) is the military of Kosovo. The KSF is tasked with defending the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Kosovo, military support for civilian authorities, and participation in international peacekeeping missions and operations. [1] Since 2018, it is in the process of transforming into the Kosovo Armed Forces .
Sylejman Selimi (born September 25, 1970) is the former commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army, who was convicted of war crimes for the torture and inhuman treatment of prisoners at the Likovac detention center during the Kosovo War.