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Timeline of the Kosovo War

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Timeline of the Kosovo War. Abbreviations:

Combatants
Peace-keeping forces
Organizations

Background

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1981

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Date Event
11 March 1981 protests in Kosovo: Student protest starts at the University of Pristina
1 April Between 5,000 and 25,000 demonstrators of Albanian nationality call for SAP Kosovo to become a constituent republic inside Yugoslavia, as opposed to an autonomous province of Serbia.
2 April Presidency sends special forces to stop the demonstrations and declares a state of emergency in regards to Kosovo. State of emergency lasts 7 days.[1]
3 April End of demonstrations during which 9 people are killed and more than 250 injured.[2]

1991-1992

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Date Event
30 December Siege of Prekaz (1991). KLA victory. Serbian police besiege the Jashari house but are forced to retreat from Prekaz.[3]

1993-early 1998

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Date Event
May 2 Serbian police officers were killed in an ambush by Albanians in the town of Drenas, Kosovo.[4]
27 October A Serbian police inspector and a Serbian policeman were killed by the KLA in an ambush in the village of Surkish in Podujevo.[5]
21 April Kosovo Albanian student Armend Daci was shot by a Serb civilian sniper in Sunny Hill, Prishtina.
25 April Three KLA members shoot in Restaurant Çakor in Deçan and kill three people.
16 June Police officer Goran Mitrović was seriously injured in an attack on a police patrol near Podujevo by the KLA.[6]
17 June In Sipolje, near Mitrovica, a police patrol was attacked by KLA members at around 23:55. Predrag Djordjevic (28) from Kruševac was killed and Zoran Vukocic (30) from Niš was injured.[6]
26-28 November Battle of Ludoviq (New Rezalla). KLA victory. KLA Forces led by Adem Jashari push yugoslav forces out of Ludoviq (New Rezalla) on 26 November. 2 days later on 28 November the first public KLA opening happends.[7]
January (1998) Young armed men of Klina who were not a part of the KLA remove all Serb Police presence in Klina.[8]
22 January Attack on Jashari's compound in Prekaz. Albanians succeeded in pushing the Serbians out of the village and its surroundings.[9]

Kosovo War

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1998

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1999

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Aftermath

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1999

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  • 10 June:Following the NATO bombing and end of the war Yugoslav forces withdraw from Kosovo.[74]
  • 11 June:Following the end of the war and departure of Yugoslav forces, KLA takes control of Prizren.[75]
  • 1999: Operation Kinetic (1999). 1400 Canadian troops deployed in Kosovo.
  • June-October: Gnjilane killings. 51 serbian civilians are killed by the KLA Gjilan group.
  • 12 June: Incident at Pristina airport. After a tence standoff an agreement is made between NATO and Russia as the incident ends peacfully.
  • 12 June: Peja killings. 7 albanian civilians are killed by serbian forces.[76]
  • 12 June: Start of the Insurgency in the Preševo Valley
  • 13 June: Prizren incident (1999). KFOR victory. 2 yugoslav army strangglers killed. KFOR troops secure Prizren.
  • 20 June: KLA agrees to disband its forces after a meeting with NATO.[77]
  • July: Ugljare mass grave. 15 serbian civilians killed.
  • 23 July: Staro Gracko massacre.14 serbian farmers killed.
  • 6 September: In an incident near Pristina , a Russian KFOR patrol spots a group of 3 serbian gunmen attacking an albanian civilian. The serbian gunmen fire at the russian patrol leading to the russian troops fireing back killing all 3 serbian gunmen. Russian/KFOR victory. [78]

2000

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Further reading

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