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Serbian military, paramilitary and police forces in Kosovo have committed a wide range of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other violations of international humanitarian and human rights law: forced expulsion of Kosovars from their homes; burning and looting of homes, schools, religious sites and healthcare facilities; detention, particularly of military-age men; summary execution ...
Under Orders: War Crimes in Kosovo (Human Right Watch) ICTY: Indictment of Milutinović et al., "Kosovo", September 5 2002; Report of the UN Secretary-General, January 31, 1999; Photographic Evidence of Kosovo Genocide and Conflict; SERBIAN MASSACRES BEFORE NATO AIRSTRIKES; Kosovo Genocide: Massacres; The Kosovo Cover-Up; Kosovo massacre trial
The Kosovo War (Albanian: Lufta e Kosovës; Serbian: Косовски рат, Kosovski rat) was an armed conflict in Kosovo that lasted from 28 February 1998 until 11 June 1999. [ 61 ] [ 62 ] [ 63 ] It was fought between the forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), which controlled Kosovo before the war, and the Kosovo Albanian ...
This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths directly or indirectly caused by the deadliest wars in history. These numbers encompass the deaths of military personnel resulting directly from battles or other wartime actions, as well as wartime or war-related civilian deaths, often caused by war-induced epidemics , famines , or genocides .
The massacres marked the beginning of the Kosovo War. After 28 February 1998, the fighting become an armed conflict. [2] Once armed conflict broke out, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) became involved. On March 10 the ICTY proclaimed that its "jurisdiction covers the recent violence in Kosovo". [2]
At the time of the war, Kosovo was a province of Serbia. A Serb government crackdown on Kosovo’s separatist ethnic Albanians killed some 13,000 people , most of them ethnic Albanians.
In 1990, Kosovo's autonomy within Yugoslavia was revoked. [3] Soon after, the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) was formed to fight the Yugoslav establishment. [4] After a string of minor attacks, the KLA's mission became much more aggressive, [5] which led to them claiming areas that were key to Serbia's fuel-supply, near the town of Orahovac.
10 June: Following the NATO bombing and end of the war, Yugoslav forces withdraw from Kosovo. [83] 11 June: Following the end of the war and departure of Yugoslav forces, KLA takes control of Prizren. [84] 1999: Operation Kinetic (1999). 1400 Canadian troops deployed in Kosovo.