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List of incidents and peacekeeping operations involving the Kosovo Force

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This is a list of incidents and peacekeeping operations that KFOR has been involved in.

  KFOR victory
  KFOR 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

List

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Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Combatant 3 Result
Prizren incident (1999) Kosovo Force
Germany German Army
Serbia and Montenegro Yugoslav Army stragglers none KFOR victory
Zhegër incident (1999) Serbia and Montenegro Serb militants none KFOR victory
Ranilug incident (1999) Serbia Serbian gunmen none KFOR victory
  • All 3 gunmen are killed.
Insurgency in the Preševo Valley
(1999–2001)
Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac  FR Yugoslavia

KFOR

none Victory
2000 unrest in Kosovo Kosovar Albanians Kosovar Serbs KFOR
United Nations UNMIK
KFOR is able to stop further hostilities
  • 7 Albanians killed and 15 Serbs killed.
North Kosovo crisis (2011-2013)  Kosovo

NATO

Kosovo Serbs

Supported by:
 Serbia

none 2012 North Kosovo referendum; Brussels Agreement (2013)
  • 3 Serbs killed and 162 non-fatally injured.
  • 1 Kosovar policeman killed and 7 non-fatally injured.
  • 65 KFOR soldiers non-fatally injured.
North Kosovo crisis (2022-2024) Kosovo Force
EULEX
Kosovo Police
Kosovo Special Forces
Serb List
PKS
Supported by:
 Serbia
Diplomatic support:
 Republika Srpska
 Russia
 China[2]
 Hungary[3][4]
Ongoing
  • Kosovo Serbs withdraw from Kosovo government institutions
  • Kosovo Serbs barricade roads from 10 to 30 December 2022
  • Serbian boycott of local elections; ethnic Albanian mayors elected in all four North Kosovo municipalities in April 2023
  • Kosovo takes control of the Serb-controlled municipal offices by force, causing a civil disturbance
  • Kosovo bans imports from Serbia on 14 June after 3 police officers are captured by Serbian forces
  • 30 Serb paramilitary members enter Kosovo on 24 September, killing 1 officer and injuring 2 others
  • Kosovo Serbs convert their licence plates to Kosovar ones in November and December 2023; ending the issuance of Serbian licence plates in Kosovo
  • Mutual recognition of all licence plates as of January 2024; ending of the Serbian sticker regime established after the previous crisis

References

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  1. ^ Holley, David (25 May 2001). "Yugoslavia Occupies Last of Kosovo Buffer". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
  2. ^ "China und Russland äußern im Kosovo-Konflikt Unterstützung für Serben". www.zeit.de (in German). Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Hungary supports Serbia, opposes Kosovo's membership in European institutions".
  4. ^ "FM: Hungary has interest in Serbia-Kosovo compromise". 11 January 2023.