List of wars involving Kosovo

This is a list of wars and conflicts involving the Republic of Kosova (1990s), the Kosovo Liberation Army, the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, and the current partially recognised Republic of Kosovo (since 2008).

  Kosovo Albanian victory

  Kosovo Albanian defeat

  Another result*

*e.g. result unknown or indecisive/inconclusive, result of internal conflict inside Kosovo, status quo ante bellum , or a treaty or peace without a clear result.

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
Attack against Mehmed Ali Pasha (1878)	League of Prizren	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. Serbian army commits massacres against 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 Yugoslav forces 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 Police KSF	Serb militants ( led by Milan Radoičić)	Victory Kosovo Police repel ambush and retake Banjska Monastery. 1 Kosovo police officer killed, 3 militants killed, 8 arrested, large cache of weapons seized. Attack linked to group operating from Serbia; condemned internationally.

References

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