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

The following is a list of wars involving Albanian rebels 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
Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Location Result Casualties
Insurgency in Kosovo

(1995-1998)

 UÇK  FR Yugoslavia Kosovo Start of Kosovo War Unknown
Kosovo War

(1998-1999)

 UÇK

 NATO

  FR Yugoslavia Kosovo Kumanovo Agreement:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] 1,500
Insurgency in the Preševo Valley

(1999-2001)

 UÇPMB  FR Yugoslavia Ground Safety Zone Defeat[15][16] 27
Insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia

(2001)

 NLA  Macedonia Polog and Kumanovo regions Ohrid Agreement[17]
  • Peace was brokered between NLA and Macedonia
  • Albanian was recognized as an official language besides Macedonian
  • Albanians received greater rights
 64-105
Skirmishes in the Preševo Valley

(2002–present)

 Different armed groups

Former UÇPMB members

  FR Yugoslavia(2002-2006)

 Serbia(2006-)

 Preševo Valley Ongoing 1[18]
Operation Eagle's Flight AKSH  Montenegro Plot failed
Operation Mountain Storm

(2007)

 AKSH  Macedonia Tetovo region Defeat[22]
  • 6 rebels killed
  • 13 rebels arrested[23]
  • 1 Macedonian helicopter shot down (KFOR claim)
 8
Blace bunker raid

(2010)

 NLA Veterans[24]  Macedonia Kosovo-Macedonian border Rebel clash with Macedonian policemen
  • Rebels fled to Kosovo after clash[25]
  • Cache of weapons retrieved by Macedonian police[26]
  • 1 Macedonian policeman killed (AKSH claim)[27]
 0
Macedonian government building attack

(2014)

 AKSH  Macedonia Skopje Part of building façade was damaged[28] 0
Gošince attack

(2015)

 NLA Veterans  Macedonia Gošince Hostages released[29][30]
  • Macedonian police control of border post restored after the departure of the rebels[31]
 0
Kumanovo clashes

(2015)

 NLA veterans  Macedonia Kumanovo Defeat[32]
  • Firefight erupted in Kumanovo
  • Rebels capitulated after 10 rebels and 8 Macedonian policemen were killed
 10

See also

References
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  2. Dahlburg, Valerie Reitman, Paul Richter, 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. References:
    • Stigler, Andrew L. "A clear victory for air power: NATO's empty threat to invade Kosovo." International Security 27.3 (2003): 124-157.
  4. "Milosevic Claims Victory, Lauds Army". Washington Post. 11 June 1999.
  5. "Milosevic proclaims victory with end to Kosovo conflict". CNN. 10 June 1999.
  6. 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.
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  11. "Washington Watch: Victory in Kosovo". Air Force Magazine. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  12. Haave, Christopher E.; Haun, Phil M. (2003-12-01). "A-10s over Kosovo. The Victory of Airpower over a Fielded Army as Told by the Airmen Who Fought in Operation Allied Force". Fort Belvoir, VA. doi:10.21236/ada421682. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  13. M. A., History; M. S., Information and Library Science; B. A., History and Political Science; Facebook, Facebook. "Kosovo War: Operation Allied Force". ThoughtCo. Retrieved 2021-08-28. {{cite web}}: |last4= has generic name (help)
  14. 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.
  15. David Holley (25 May 2001). "Yugoslavia Occupies Last of Kosovo Buffer". LA Times. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. "Preševo: Povređen pripadnik Žandarmerije, ubijen vehabija". Večernje Novosti. 25 January 2014.
  19. ""Komandant Naci" napada Žandarmeriju". RTS. 23 July 2009.
  20. "Napad na Žandarmeriju u okolini Bujanovca". RTS. 9 July 2009.
  21. "Preševo: Uklonjen spomenik albanskim borcima". Aljazeera. 20 January 2013.
  22. "Macedonian Special Police Eliminate Armed Albanian Group with Paramilitary, Wahhabi Ties, Seizing Massive Arsenal". Balkan Analysis. November 11, 2007.
  24. "4 killed in shoot-out on Macedonia-Kosovo border". Chinadaily. Retrieved 16 October 2022. Earlier this month, a former ethnic Albanian rebel group, the National Liberation Army, claimed responsibility for another shootout in the border area, which it said killed a Macedonian soldier. The Macedonian government had said nobody had been hurt in that shooting.
  25. Sinisa Jakov Marusic (6 May 2010). "NATO: Weapons Cache in Macedonia "Worrying"". Balkan Insight (BIRN).
  26. "Four Reported Killed In Shoot-Out On Macedonia-Kosovo Border". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). 12 May 2010.
  27. "ONA odgovorna za pucnjavu u Makedoniji". Mondo Portal (in Serbian). Retrieved 2021-08-29.
  28. Sinisa Jakov Marusic (7 November 2014). "'Liberation Army' Claims it Shelled Macedonian Govt". Balkan Insight (BIRN).
  29. Sinisa Jakov Marusic (21 April 2015). "Macedonia Claims Kosovo Albanians Attacked Border Post". Balkan Insight (BIRN).
  30. "Armed Men With UCK Insignia Seize Macedonian Border Post Near Kosovo". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). RFE/RL's Balkan Service. 21 April 2015.
  31. Konstantin Testorides (21 April 2015). "Macedonian police say border watchtower attacked". The Washington Post. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015.
  32. "Macedonia charges 30 alleged ethnic Albanian militants over weekend battle that killed 22". Fox News. Associated Press. 11 May 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
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