Violent protests erupted in Northern Kosovo Monday between local police and NATO-led forces and ethnic Serbs, leading to injuries on both sides.
Retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Daniel Davis discusses how Russian forces are hitting Kyiv and reflects on Memorial Day on ‘Fox News Live.’Monday amid an ongoing standoff between ethnic Albanian authorities and local ethnic Serbs who ignored warnings not to seize municipality buildings. over the weekend. The demonstrations have led to injuries on both sides, which more than two dozen NATO troops injured.
The increasingly chaotic situation has fueled fears of a renewal of the 1998-99 conflict in Kosovo that claimed more than 10,000 lives and left more than 1 million homeless.The latest tensions are multiple-faceted, stemming from centuries of conflict. Kosovo is a mainly ethnic Albanian-populated territory that was formerly a province of Serbia. It declared independence in 2008. Serbia has refused to recognize Kosovo's statehood and still considers it part of Serbia.
Attempts by the central government to impose more control in the Serb-dominated north are usually met with resistance from Serbs. There have been constant international efforts to find common ground between the two former wartime foes, but there has been no final comprehensive agreement so far. Polish soldiers, part of the peacekeeping mission in Kosovo KFOR guard a municipal building in the town of Zvecan, northern Kosovo, Monday, May 29, 2023.
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