83 civilians dead, including at least 24 women and children in the villages of Ćirez, Likoshan, and Prekaz[1]
Perpetrators
FR Yugoslavia security forces
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Kosovo War
Prelude
Likošane and Ćirez
Prekaz
Wartime events
UNSCR 1160
Albanian–Yugoslav border ambush
Lapušnik prison camp
Belaćevac Mine
Ljubenić mass graves
Lođa
1st Albanian–Yugoslav border
Klečka killings
Orahovac
Junik
Lake Radonjić massacre
Glodjane
UNSCR 1199
Gornje Obrinje massacre
UNSCR 1203
UNSCR 1207
2nd Albanian–Yugoslav border
3rd Albanian–Yugoslav border
Panda Bar massacre
Podujevo
Ambush near Suva Reka
Račak massacre
Allied Force
F-117A shoot-down
Novi Sad blitz
Bela Crkva massacre
Krusha massacres
Suva Reka massacre
Izbica massacre
Drenica massacres
4th Albanian-Yugoslav border
Battle of Košare
Battle of Paštrik
Grdelica
Gjakova
Meja ambush
RTS headquarters
Meja
Yugoslav Ministry of Defence
Lužane bus bombing
Varvarin bridge bombing
Vushtrri massacre
Niš cluster bombing
Chinese embassy
Koriša bombing
Ćuška massacre
Aftermath
Pristina airport
Prizren
Staro Gracko massacre
Gnjilane killings
2000 unrest
Aspects
War crimes
Mass graves: Batajnica mass graves, Rudnica mass grave, Ugljare mass grave, Mališevo mass grave
Destruction of heritage (Albanian · Serbian)
The Drenica massacres (Serbian: Масакри у Дреници, Masakri u Drenici, Albanian: Masakra në Drenicë) were a series of killings of Kosovo Albanian civilians committed by Serbian special police forces[a] in the Drenica region of central Kosovo.[2]
According to Human Rights Watch, abuses in the Drenica region during the Kosovo War 1998–1999 "were so widespread that a comprehensive description is beyond the scope of this report".[2] Key atrocities took place in the period of February – March 1998 in the Ćirez (Qirez), Likošane, and Prekaz and during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, from March to June 1999 in the villages of Izbica, Rezala , Poklek and Staro Čikatovo.[2]
^Cite error: The named reference Drenica Region was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ abcAbrahams, Fred (2001). "Background". Under Orders: War Crimes in Kosovo. Human Rights Watch.
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Drenica (Albanian: Drenicë, Drenica, Serbian Cyrillic: Дреница), also known as the Drenica Valley, is a hilly region in central Kosovo, covering roughly...
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and the Kosovo War ensued. Drenicamassacres Judah 2002, p. 140. "Kosovo commemorates 25th anniversary of Prekaz Massacre". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 23...
civilian population. The large-scale revolt was centred in the region of Drenica, involving around 10,000 fighters under the command of Azem Galica. Azem...
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known as Shaban Polluzha, was a Kosovo Albanian military leader active in Drenica during World War II. He served in the Royal Albanian gendarmerie and as...
the KLA and served as deputy commander of the First Operative Zone, in Drenica. After the end of the Kosovo War and the dissolution of the KLA, Jashari...
from the Homeland Calls Fund, which mostly went to KLA operations in the Drenica region, the KLA also received donations through personal contacts of commanders...
municipality of Kosovo, in the region of Drenica. It was the site of a battle between the KLA and Serbian forces, and a massacre, in February 1998 during the Kosovo...
against Serbs include the massacre of 162 people from April-May 1941 in the districts of Peja, Djakovica, Istog and Drenica, the killings of 150 people...
of his duties on at a protest by the citizens of Preševo over the Drenicamassacre. He was elected a member of the National Assembly three times. He was...
nga Drenica prej presionit e masakrave serbe" [Basha: I am a grandson of Kosovo, my grandfather left Drenica due to the pressure of Serbian massacres]....
through taking over a town and creating a corridor between KLA hotbed in Drenica and the Albanian border region. 8 KLA fighters and two Yugoslav police...
build up of Yugoslav Army forces and subsequent massacre on the village. "A WEEK OF TERROR IN DRENICA". www.hrw.org. Retrieved 2023-11-25. "Kosovo rebels...
nga Drenica prej presionit e masakrave serbe" [Basha: I am a grandson of Kosovo, my grandfather left Drenica due to the pressure of Serbian massacres]....
leaders such as Fehmi Lladrovci, Bekim Berisha and Fatmir Limaj entered the Drenica valley, where the KLA was operating against the VJ. Later that month, the...
the municipality. Drenica, including the municipality was consequently badly affected. During the war, there were instances of massacres carried out by Federal...
O'Clock News in the international category for its coverage of the Drenicamassacre and Dermot Murnaghan for an ITV Lunchtime News interview with Peter...
nga Drenica prej presionit e masakrave serbe" [Basha: I am a grandson of Kosovo, my grandfather left Drenica due to the pressure of Serbian massacres]....
was one of the KLA’s early recruits, he was no ideological guerrilla." Drenica is a hilly region in central Kosovo inhabited almost exclusively by Kosovo...
community's demands for union with Albania. Albanian rebels started the Drenica-Dukagjin Uprisings, which ended with the rebellion being crushed after...
Stanislav Galić, concluded that the Serb forces around Sarajevo committed the massacre. In February 1994 (when air strikes were originally threatened), NATO had...
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