Insurgency in the Preševo Valley

Date	June 21, 1999 – June 1, 2001
Location	Preševo, Bujanovac, and Medveđa municipalities in Serbia (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)
Result	FR Yugoslav victory, rebels disarmed

Belligerents

Commanders and leaders

Muhamet Xhemajli
Shefket Musliu
Ridvan Qazimi "Lleshi" †

Strength

Few hundred militants

1,000 soldiers
100 JSO members

Casualties and losses

30-40 guerillas killed (Serbian Claim)
5 guerillas killed
(UCPMB Claim)^[1]
45 surrendered to KFOR^[1]

15 policemen killed, 3 soldiers killed
6 civilians killed
37 civilians wounded^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]
2 United Nations observers wounded

The insurgency in the Preševo Valley (1999–2001) was a struggle between the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the local Albanian rebel organization, the Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac (UCPMB).^[6]

References

Armed conflicts in Europe following the end of the Cold War

Yugoslavia	Ten-Day War (1991) Croatian War of Independence (1991-1995) Bosnian War (1992-1995) Albania-Yugoslav border incident (1999)

Transnistria	War of Transnistria (1992)

Albania / Albanians	Rebellion in Albania (1997) Kosovo War (1998-1999) Albania-Yugoslav border incident (1999) Insurgency in the Preševo Valley (1999-2001) Insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia (2001) 2011 Kosovo–Serbia border clashes

North Caucasus	East Prigorodny conflict (1992) Chechen War (1994-1996) Invasion of Dagestan (1999) Chechen War (1999-2009) Civil war in the Republic of Ingushetia (2007) Insurgency in the North Caucasus (2009-present)

South Caucasus	South Ossetia War (1991–1992) Georgian Civil War (1991-1993) War in Abkhazia (1992–1993) War in Abkhazia (1998) South Ossetia War (2008)

Nagorno-Karabakh	Nagorno-Karabakh War (1994) Mardakert skirmishes (2008) Nagorno-Karabakh skirmish (2010) Mardakert skirmishes (2010)