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Kosovo War

The term Kosovo War or Kosovo conflict was two sequential, and at times parallel, armed conflicts in Kosovo province, then part of FR Yugoslav Republic of Serbia; from early 1998 to 1999, there was an armed conflict initiated by the ethnic Albanian "Kosovo Liberation Army" , who sought independence , against the Serbian police and Yugoslav...

Timeline of Events

1998

2.28.1998

Kosovo War: Serbian police begin the offensive against the Kosovo Liberation Army in Kosovo.

1999

3.24.1999

Kosovo War: NATO commences air bombardment against Yugoslavia, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country.

3.27.1999

An F-117 Nighthawk is shot down during the Kosovo War.

5.7.1999

Kosovo War: In Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, three Chinese citizens are killed and 20 wounded when a NATO aircraft bombs the Chinese embassy in Belgrade.

6.9.1999

Kosovo War: the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty.

6.10.1999

Kosovo War: NATO suspends its air strikes after Slobodan Milošević agrees to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo.

6.12.1999

Kosovo War: Operation Joint Guardian begins when a NATO-led United Nations peacekeeping force (KFor) enters the province of Kosovo in Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.