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

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:

List

!Conflict!Combatant 1!Combatant 2!Location!Result!Casualties

Insurgency in Kosovo(1995-1998)	UÇK		Kosovo	Start of Kosovo War^[1] ^[2] ^[3]	Unknown
Kosovo War(1998-1999)	UÇK Belgium Canada Denmark France Germany Italy Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Turkey United Kingdom		Kosovo	style=	Kumanovo Agreement ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] UÇK takes over 50% of Kosovo^[7] Yugoslavia lost control over Kosovo Kosovo declared Independence Start of armed insurgency in Preševo valley	1,500-2,131
Insurgency in the Preševo Valley(1999-2001)	UÇPMB		Ground Safety Zone	Peace agreement^[8] ^[9] Peace agreement in the form of the Končulj Agreement Rebels surrendered, demilitarized and demobilized Yugoslavia occupied Ground Safety Zone	27
2001 insurgency in Macedonia(2001)	NLA		Polog and Kumanovo regions	Ohrid Agreement^[10] Peace was brokered between NLA and Macedonia Albanian was recognized as an official language besides Macedonian Albanians received greater rights	64-105
Treboš ambush(2001)	AKSH NLA		Treboš	Ambush successful Macedonian security forces secure mass grave^[11] ^[12] 100 Macedonian civilians abducted by ANA, after a police action all civilians released^[13] ^[14]	30 arrested^[15]
Crisis in the Preševo Valley (2002–present)	Different armed groupsFormer UÇPMB members	(2002-2006) (2006-present)	Preševo Valley	Ongoing Low-intensity clashes Many attacks on police and Gendarmery^[16] ^[17] ^[18] Monument crisis in 2013^[19] Illegal logging incidents	Several
Kondovo Crisis(2004-2005)	AKSH		Kondovo, Saraj	Conflicts resolved diplomatically AKSH captured the police station and beat up police hostages AKSH withdraws from Kondovo to Kosovo Larger inter-ethnic violence prevented	Several captured
Operation Eagle's Flight(2006)	AKSH			Plot failed Relations between the state and the Albanian minority strained All members were given 51 years in prison^[20] ^[21] ^[22] ^[23]	17 arrested
Operation Mountain Storm(2007)	AKSH		Tetovo region	Defeat^[24] 6 rebels killed 13 rebels arrested^[25]	6
Blace bunker raid (2010)	NLA veterans^[26]		Kosovo-Macedonian border	Defeat Armed group fled to Kosovo after clash^[27] Bunkers and weapons caches seized by Macedonian police^[28]	1 wounded^[29]
Raduša shootout(2010)	NLA veterans		Raduša, Saraj	Defeat Armed group neutralized Weapons and uniforms seized	4
Macedonian government building attack(2014)	AKSH		Skopje	Part of building façade was damaged^[30]	0
Gošince attack(2015)	NLA veterans		Gošince	Hostages released^[31] ^[32] NLA veterans withdraw from Gošince border post Macedonian police control of the border post restored^[33]	0
Kumanovo clashes(2015)	NLA veterans		Kumanovo	Defeat^[34] Firefight erupted in Kumanovo Suppression of the armed group by Macedonian police and armed forces	10

See also

• List of wars involving Albania

References

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11. News: Remains of Macedonians found in mass grave . The New York Times . 22 November 2001 . 3 July 2022 . The excavation was ordered by Interior Minister Ljube Boskovski, a hard-line Macedonian nationalist, who sent a special police unit to the area . 3 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220703124749/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/22/world/remains-of-macedonians-found-in-mass-grave.html . live . Agence France-Presse.
12. Web site: Macedonia erupts in new violence . CNN.com . CNN . 3 July 2022 . 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. . 3 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220703124759/https://edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/11/12/macedonia/index.html . live .
13. Web site: Macedonia erupts in new violence . CNN.com . CNN . 3 July 2022 . 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. . 3 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220703124759/https://edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/11/12/macedonia/index.html . live .
14. News: Rebels kill three policemen in Macedonia . The Guardian . 13 November 2001 . Associated Press . 3 July 2022 . 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. . 3 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220703124758/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/nov/13/balkans . live .
15. Web site: Kidnappings threaten Macedonia peace . BBC News.
16. Web site: Preševo: Povređen pripadnik Žandarmerije, ubijen vehabija. 25 January 2014. Večernje Novosti.
17. Web site: "Komandant Naci" napada Žandarmeriju. 23 July 2009. RTS.
18. Web site: Napad na Žandarmeriju u okolini Bujanovca. 9 July 2009. RTS.
19. Web site: Preševo: Uklonjen spomenik albanskim borcima. 20 January 2013. Aljazeera.
20. News: Janković . Srđan . 2008-08-05 . Slučaj "Orlov let": kazna za sve optužene . 2023-12-14 . Radio Slobodna Evropa . sh.
21. Web site: Đeljošaj: Malesija nikad neće zaboraviti mučenje, doći će dan pravde . 2023-12-14 . vijesti.me . sr.
22. News: Tomović . Predrag . 2016-10-25 . Predizborna hapšenja u Crnoj Gori: Od Ramba do "orlovog leta" . 2023-12-14 . Radio Slobodna Evropa . sh.
23. Web site: Brujić . Đ . Za "Orlov let" 51 godinu zatvora . 2023-12-14 . Politika Online.
24. News: Macedonian Special Police Eliminate Armed Albanian Group with Paramilitary, Wahhabi Ties, Seizing Massive Arsenal. November 11, 2007. Balkan Analysis.
25. Web site: Amnesty: Macedonia report 2008. Amnesty International. 2008.
26. Web site: 4 killed in shoot-out on Macedonia-Kosovo border . Chinadaily . 16 October 2022 . English . 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..
27. Web site: Sinisa Jakov Marusic . NATO: Weapons Cache in Macedonia "Worrying" . Balkan Insight (BIRN) . 6 May 2010.
28. Web site: Four Reported Killed In Shoot-Out On Macedonia-Kosovo Border . Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) . 12 May 2010.
29. Web site: Jakov Marusic . Sinisa . 30 April 2010 . Macedonia Uncovers Additional Weapons Stash . 16 October 2022 . Balkan Insight . 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..
30. Web site: Sinisa Jakov Marusic . 'Liberation Army' Claims it Shelled Macedonian Govt. Balkan Insight (BIRN) . 7 November 2014.
31. Web site: Sinisa Jakov Marusic . Macedonia Claims Kosovo Albanians Attacked Border Post . Balkan Insight (BIRN) . 21 April 2015.
32. Web site: 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.
33. News: Macedonian police say border watchtower attacked . https://web.archive.org/web/20150518114241/http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/macedonian-police-say-border-watchtower-attacked/2015/04/21/35023b4c-e82c-11e4-8581-633c536add4b_story.html . dead . 18 May 2015 . . . 21 April 2015 . Konstantin Testorides.
34. Web site: Macedonia charges 30 alleged ethnic Albanian militants over weekend battle that killed 22. 11 May 2015. Associated Press. Fox News. 12 May 2015.