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This is a list of Serbian paramilitary units and formations throughout history. It includes Serbian volunteer militias loyal to the Habsburg Monarchy prior to Serbian independence, and organizations loyal to Serbia since. Note that many of the organizations either started out or ended up folded into official military organizations.
In early April, Serbia arranged for a referendum on the issue of foreign interference in Kosovo. Serbian voters decisively rejected foreign interference in the crisis. [164] Meanwhile, the KLA claimed much of the area in and around Deçan and ran a territory based in the village of Glodjane, encompassing its surroundings.
The Kosovo Security Force [b] (KSF) is the military of Kosovo. The KSF is tasked with defending the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Kosovo, military support for civilian authorities, and participation in international peacekeeping missions and operations. [1] Since 2018, it is in the process of transforming into the Kosovo Armed Forces.
Serbian troops on the border with Kosovo were put on high alert Friday following clashes between ethnic Serbs and Kosovo police that left more than a dozen injured on both sides. Ethnic Serbs in ...
International efforts to defuse a crisis in Kosovo intensified Wednesday as ethnic Serbs held more protests in a northern town where recent clashes with NATO-led peacekeepers sparked fears of ...
: Kosovo's Prime Minister Albin Kurti stated that he would not "surrender the country to a fascist Serbian militia". Kurti then told CNN: "“We are not facing peaceful protesters, we are facing a mob of extremists. This is a fascist militia who attacked our policemen and NATO soldiers – and journalists who were on the ground reporting." [39]
The Scorpions (Serbian Cyrillic: Шкорпиони) were a Serb paramilitary unit active during the Yugoslav Wars.The unit was involved in war crimes during the wars in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kosovo.
The attack in Banjska occurred within a context of increased tensions in the region. After the decision of Prime Minister Albin Kurti to block all Serbian license plates with the letters KM (Kosovska Mitrovica) within the Republic of Kosovo, citing constitutional concerns, [31] Kosovo Serbs working in the public sector, including the mayors of four municipalities in northern Kosovo, resigned ...