Kosovo Liberation Army

E82609

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


Statements (49)
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

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