Kosovo Liberation Army

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insurgent group non-state armed group paramilitary organization separatist organization

The Kosovo Liberation Army was an ethnic Albanian paramilitary organization that fought for Kosovo’s independence from Serbia in the late 1990s.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	insurgent group → non-state armed group → paramilitary organization → separatist organization →
abbreviation	KLA → UÇK →
accusedOf	ethnic cleansing of Serbs and other minorities in some areas → war crimes →
activePeriodEnd	1999 →
activePeriodStart	1990s → 1996 →
conflict	Kosovo War →
country	Kosovo →
demobilization	formally demilitarized after the 1999 NATO intervention in Yugoslavia →
dissolutionDate	1999 →
ethnicComposition	ethnic Albanians →
goal	independence of Kosovo from Serbia → secession of Kosovo from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia →
headquartersLocation	Kosovo →
ideology	Albanian nationalism →
investigatedBy	International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia → Specialist Chambers for Kosovo →
languageOfName	Albanian →
laterPerception	seen by many Western states as a legitimate resistance movement during the Kosovo War →
mergedInto	Kosovo Protection Corps →
nativeName	Ushtria Çlirimtare e Kosovës →
notableCommander	Adem Jashari → Agim Çeku → Fatmir Limaj → Hashim Thaçi → Ramush Haradinaj →
operationalArea	Kosovo → border regions with Albania →
opponent	Federal Republic of Yugoslavia → Serbia → Serbian paramilitary forces → Serbian police forces → Yugoslav Army →
recognizedAsTerroristOrganizationBy	Federal Republic of Yugoslavia → Russia → Serbia → some other states in the 1990s →
successor	Kosovo Protection Corps → Kosovo Security Force →
supportedBy	Albania → NATO → United States → diaspora Albanians →
symbol	red flag with black double-headed eagle and the initials UÇK →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Kosovo War → Yugoslav Wars →	mainBelligerent
Hashim Thaçi →	memberOf
Kosovo Liberation Army ("Ushtria Çlirimtare e Kosovës") →	nativeName
Kosovo War ("Kosovo Albanian separatists") →	opponent