This is a list of wars and conflicts involving the region of Kosovo, including the Republic of Kosova, the Kosovo Liberation Army, the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo and the current disputed Republic of Kosovo.
Kosovo Albanian victory
Kosovo Albanian defeat
Another result (e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result, status quo ante bellum, result of civil war or internal conflict, result unknown, mixed results, stalemate, ceasefire or indecisive)
Ongoing conflict
Conflict
Combatant 1
Combatant 2
Result
Attack against Mehmed Ali Pasha (1878)
League of Prizren
Kosovo Albanians
Ottoman Empire
Victory
Serbian campaign the First Balkan War
(1912–1913)
Kosovo Albanians
Kingdom of Serbia
Defeat
Serbia defeats Ottoman forces and captures large areas of Kosovo. The Serbian army commits massacres against the Albanians living there.[citation needed]
Serbia annexes most of Kosovo
Uprising of Dukagjini
(1919)
Kachaks
Kosovo Albanians
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Defeat
Yugoslav forces quell rebellion in the Drenica/Metohija area.
Kachak defeat causes the Second Uprising in Metohija
Second Uprising in Dukagjini
(1920)
Kachaks
Kosovo Albanians
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Victory
Albanians under Azem Galica defeat Yugoslav Forces and capture Drenica and most of Metohija.
As a result the Neutral Zone of Junik is established in 1921.
Conflict in the Neutral Zone of Junik
(1921)
Kachaks
Kosovo Albanians
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Victory
Yugoslav Forces invade the Neutral Zone of Junik and Drenica but are pushed back by Kachak rebels under Azem Galica.
Drenica-Junik Uprising
(1924)
Kachaks
Kosovo Albanians
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Defeat
Yugoslav forces annex areas of the Neutral Zone of Junik and Drenica.
Azem Galica is killed.
Kosovo War (1998–1999)
KLA FARK
NATO
Belgium
Canada
Czech Republic[1]
Denmark
France
Germany
Hungary
Italy
Luxembourg[1]
Netherlands
Norway[2]
Poland
Portugal
Spain
Turkey[3]
United Kingdom
United States
Border clashes: Albania[4][5]
Yugoslavia Republic of Serbia
Kumanovo Treaty
Yugoslav forces pull out of Kosovo[6]
United Nations Resolution 1244[7]
KLA veterans join the UÇPMB, starting the Preševo insurgency
Bulldozer Revolution in Yugoslavia in 2000
Banjska attack
(2023)
Kosovo
Serbian militants
Supported by:
Serbia
(Claimed by Kosovo)[8]
Victory
Three Serbian militants eliminated
Kosovo Special Forces entered and recaptured Banjska Monastery
Heavy arsenal of weapons seized
The surviving militants fled to Serbia
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