The following is a list of conflicts involving Albanian rebels groups in the post–Cold War era.
The list gives the name, the date, combatants, and the result of these conflicts following this legend:
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Location | Result | Casualties |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Insurgency in Kosovo
(1995-1998) |
UÇK | FR Yugoslavia | Kosovo | Start of Kosovo War [1] [2] [3] | Unknown |
Kosovo War
(1998-1999) |
UÇK | FR Yugoslavia | Kosovo |
Kumanovo Agreement:
[4]
[5]
[6]
|
1,500-2,131 |
Insurgency in the Preševo Valley
(1999-2001) |
UÇPMB | FR Yugoslavia | Ground Safety Zone | Defeat
[8]
[9]
|
27 |
2001 insurgency in Macedonia
(2001) |
NLA | Macedonia | Polog and Kumanovo regions |
Ohrid Agreement
[10]
|
64-105 |
Treboš ambush
(2001) |
AKSH | Macedonia | Treboš | Defeat | 30 arrested [15] |
Crisis in the Preševo Valley
(2002–present) |
Different armed groups
Former UÇPMB members |
FR Yugoslavia (2002-2006)
Serbia (2006-present) |
Preševo Valley | Ongoing
|
Several [16] |
Kondovo Crisis
(2004-2005) |
AKSH | Macedonia | Kondovo, Saraj | Conflicts resolved diplomatically
|
Several captured |
Operation Eagle's Flight
(2006) |
AKSH | Montenegro | Plot failed | 17 arrested | |
Operation Mountain Storm
(2007) |
AKSH | Macedonia | Tetovo region | Defeat
[24]
|
6 |
Blace bunker raid
(2010) |
NLA veterans [26] | Macedonia | Kosovo-Macedonian border | Defeat | 1 wounded [29] |
Raduša shootout
(2010) |
NLA veterans | Macedonia | Raduša, Saraj | Defeat
|
4 |
Macedonian government building attack
(2014) |
AKSH | Macedonia | Skopje | Part of building façade was damaged [30] | 0 |
Gošince attack
(2015) |
NLA veterans | Macedonia | Gošince | Hostages released
[31]
[32]
|
0 |
Kumanovo clashes
(2015) |
NLA veterans | Macedonia | Kumanovo | Defeat
[34]
|
10 |
The excavation was ordered by Interior Minister Ljube Boskovski, a hard-line Macedonian nationalist, who sent a special police unit to the area
Bloodshed erupted on Sunday after special police units crossed unguarded cease-fire lines and secured an alleged mass grave site for exhumation while arresting a number of former ethnic Albanian guerrillas.
SKOPJE, Macedonia -- Three policemen have been killed and about 100 Macedonians abducted or held hostage in a sudden escalation of violence in the volatile Balkan country.
Three policemen have been killed and about 100 people abducted or held hostage in a sudden escalation of violence in Macedonia. The interior minister, Ljube Boskovski, said that all captives were reported released by midday yesterday.
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.
Unofficially local media reported that several armed and uniformed men who were guarding the weapons on Thursday opened fire on the special police forces after which they fled to Kosovo. Local A1 TV reported at least one armed man was wounded by police. The arsenal of arms found yesterday reportedly contained many weapons, including machine guns, manual missile launchers, anti-tank mines, explosives, and detonators. Interior Ministry spokesman Ivo Kotevski said the police unit "Tigers" launched the operation on early Thursday following intelligence reports on stored weapons several kilometers northeast of Blace village near the Blace border crossing.