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Kosovo conflict, 1998–99 conflict in which ethnic Albanians opposed ethnic Serbs and the government of Yugoslavia (the rump of the former federal state, comprising the republics of Serbia and Montenegro) in Kosovo. It was resolved with the intervention of NATO.
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The Yugoslav and Serb forces caused the displacement of between 1.2 million [78] and 1.45 million Kosovo Albanians. [79] After the war, around 200,000 Serbs, Romani, and other non-Albanians fled Kosovo and many of the remaining civilians were victims of abuse. [80] [81] [82]
The immediate cause of the conflict in Kosovo was Slobodan Milosevic, and his oppression of the ethnic Albanians there for the preceding decade. Oppression ultimately gave rise to violent...
Apr 2, 2019 · The Kosovo War began in earnest in March 1998, after a clash between Serbian police and KLA militants in the Likosane area of Kosovo resulted in the deaths of 16 Kosovar fighters and four...
Nov 21, 2023 · What caused the war in Kosovo? The Kosovo War was caused by ethnic tensions between two groups: Albanian Muslims and Slavic Christian Serbians both in Serbia and Kosovo....
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28 February: Firefight in Likošane. 4 Yugoslav policemen killed in an ambush by KLA. 28 February: Serbian police killed 14 Albanians of the Ahmeti family. 5 March: 4 Yugoslav policemen killed in an ambush by KLA in Prekaz. 5–7 March: Attack on Prekaz. Yugoslav victory. 28 militants and 30 civilians killed by VJ.
Oct 2, 2023 · Getty Images. More than 13,000 people died in the Kosovan war of 1999. Serbian forces withdrew from Kosovo - but for many Kosovo Albanians and Serbs, the conflict has never been resolved. The...