Insurgency in the Preševo Valley

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The Insurgency in the Preševo Valley was an ethnic Albanian armed rebellion against Serbian and Yugoslav security forces in southern Serbia from 1999 to 2001, linked to the wider post-Kosovo War tensions in the region.

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Label Occurrences
Insurgency in the Preševo Valley canonical 3

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict
insurgency
aftermath integration and security arrangements for local Albanian population
belligerent Yugoslavia
surface form: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac
Serbia
surface form: Republic of Serbia
cause ethnic Albanian demands for greater rights in southern Serbia
tensions following the Kosovo War
chronologyPosition followed the 1998–1999 Kosovo War
combatantDemographics Armed Forces of Serbia and Montenegro
surface form: Serb and Yugoslav security forces

ethnic Albanian insurgents
conflictScope low-intensity conflict
conflictSide UÇPMB
Yugoslav Army
surface form: Yugoslav security forces
conflictType ethnic conflict
country Yugoslavia
surface form: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Serbia
endTime 2001
ethnicCharacter ethnic Albanian rebellion
geopoliticalContext Federal Republic of Yugoslavia period
hasPart armed clashes between UÇPMB and Yugoslav forces
location Preševo
surface form: Preševo Valley

Southern and Eastern Serbia region
surface form: southern Serbia
mainTheater Municipality of Bujanovac
Municipality of Medveđa
Municipality of Preševo
militaryObjective control of Albanian-populated areas in southern Serbia
notableGroup Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac
surface form: Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac (UÇPMB)
opposingForce Kosovo Liberation Army
surface form: Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac

Serbian police forces
surface form: Serbian police

Yugoslav Army
partOf Albanian insurgencies in the Balkans
post–Kosovo War conflicts
politicalObjective greater autonomy or separation for Albanian-majority municipalities in the Preševo Valley
region Balkans
relatedTo Albanian National Army
Insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia
surface form: Insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia (2001)

Kosovo War
result ceasefire agreement
demilitarization of the Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac
reassertion of Serbian and Yugoslav control over the area
startTime 1999
status ended
timePeriod post–Kosovo War era

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Subject: Insurgency in the Preševo Valley
Description of subject: The Insurgency in the Preševo Valley was an ethnic Albanian armed rebellion against Serbian and Yugoslav security forces in southern Serbia from 1999 to 2001, linked to the wider post-Kosovo War tensions in the region.

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Yugoslav Army conflict Insurgency in the Preševo Valley
Insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia relatedTo Insurgency in the Preševo Valley
VJ conflict Insurgency in the Preševo Valley