Preševo Valley

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The Preševo Valley is a geographical region in the south of Serbia, in Serbia's Pčinja District, at the eastern border crossing with the Republic of Macedonia, now commonly used to avoid entrance into Kosovo.

The region encompasses the plains to the east of the mountains which form the Kosovo frontier, the principle towns of this region being Preševo, Bujanovac, and Vranje.

In 2001, as a follow-up to the Kosovo crisis, there were reported clashes between Yugoslav security forces and ethnic Albanian guerillas linked to the KLA. The aim of the movement was to take full control of Preševo and Bujanovac (and Medveđa outside of the valley through the same campaign) and hold them until such time in the future that adjacent lands such as Kosovo and Western Macedonia also came under Albanian control, and then gradually open the borders.. Lacking the attention of the international media, the incidents paused as the activities spread south of the border into Macedonia from where the twin organization ONA, waged a war against Macedonian authorities.