List of wars 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:

  Albanian victory

  Albanian defeat

  Another result (e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result, status quo ante bellum, result of civil or internal conflict, result unknown or indecisive)

  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  Belgium  Canada  Denmark  France  Germany  Italy  Netherlands  Norway  Portugal  Spain  Turkey  United Kingdom United States	FR Yugoslavia	Kosovo	Both sides claiming victory[1][2][3] Kumanovo agreement: UÇK disbanded Yugoslav forces pulled out of Kosovo Kosovo remains de jure part of Serbia	1,500
Insurgency in the Preševo Valley (1999-2001)	UÇPMB	FR Yugoslavia	Ground Safety Zone	Defeat[4][5] Končulj Agreement (peace) Rebels surrendered Yugoslavia occupies Ground Safety Zone	27
Insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia (2001)	NLA	Macedonia	Polog and Kumanovo regions	Ohrid agreement[6] NLA disbanded Albanians get higher rights	64
Skrimishes in the Preševo Valley (2002-present)	Different armed groups Former UÇPMB members	FR Yugoslavia(2002-2006)  Serbia(2006-)	Preševo Valley	Ongoing Low intensity clashes Many attacks on police and Gendarmery[7][8][9] Attacks on civilians[10][11][12] Monument crisis in 2013[13]	1[14]
Operation Mountain Storm (2007)	Jakupi group	Macedonia	Tetovo region	Defeat[15] Rebels eliminated	8
Kumanovo clashes (2015)	NLA (claiming to be)	Macedonia	Kumanovo	Defeat[16] Rebels eliminated	10
Gošince attack (2015)	NLA	Macedonia	Gošince	Defeat

See also

• List of wars involving Albania

References

1. References:
   • Stigler, Andrew L. "A clear victory for air power: NATO's empty threat to invade Kosovo." International Security 27.3 (2003): 124-157.
   • Biddle, Stephen. "The new way of war? Debating the Kosovo model." (2002): 138-144.
   • Dixon, Paul. "Victory by spin? Britain, the US and the propaganda war over Kosovo." Civil Wars 6.4 (2003): 83-106.
   • Harvey, Frank P. "Getting NATO's success in Kosovo right: The theory and logic of counter-coercion." Conflict Management and Peace Science 23.2 (2006): 139-158.
2. "Milosevic Claims Victory, Lauds Army". Washington Post. 11 June 1999.
3. "Milosevic proclaims victory with end to Kosovo conflict". CNN. 10 June 1999.
4. David Holley (25 May 2001). "Yugoslavia Occupies Last of Kosovo Buffer". LA Times. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. "Preševo: Povređen pripadnik Žandarmerije, ubijen vehabija". Večernje Novosti. 25 January 2014.
8. ""Komandant Naci" napada Žandarmeriju". RTS. 23 July 2009.
9. "Napad na Žandarmeriju u okolini Bujanovca". RTS. 9 July 2009.
10. "Eksplozija u Preševu". RTS. 14 July 2009.
11. "Uhapšeni Albanci otimali i kasapili Srbe". Večernje Novosti. 4 May 2012. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
12. "BOMBA NA KUCU ALBANCA U PRESEVU". B92. 21 May 2002.
13. "Preševo: Uklonjen spomenik albanskim borcima". Aljazeera. 20 January 2013.
14. "Preševo: Povređen pripadnik Žandarmerije, ubijen vehabija". Večernje Novosti. 25 January 2014.
15. "Macedonian Special Police Eliminate Armed Albanian Group with Paramilitary, Wahhabi Ties, Seizing Massive Arsenal". Balkan Analysis. November 11, 2007.
16. "Macedonia charges 30 alleged ethnic Albanian militants over weekend battle that killed 22". Associated Press. Fox News. 11 May 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.