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Kosovo War - 38 photos

Podujevo, Kosovo, Serbia, 1998 A crow - photographed on a tank position of Serbian army, near by Podujevo. photo Andrija Ilic	Orahovac, Kosovo, Serbia, 1998 Armored Serbian police transporter during the war operations near by Orahovac. In the summer of 1998, Albanian guerilla KLA (Kosovo Liberation Army) started clashes against Serbian security forces in Kosovo. photo Andrija Ilic	Central Kosovo, Serbia, 1998 Village set on fire, on the road Pristina-Malisevo. photo Andrija Ilic
Pristina, Kosovo, Serbia, 1998 Mother shows a photo of her kidnapped son, Serbian civilian - medical technician. He was kidnapped by KLA (Kosovo Liberation Army) in the public transportation, while going to his work to the hospital. photo Andrija Ilic	Pristina, Kosovo, Serbia, 1998 Protest of families of kidnapped Serbian civilians in Kosovo. During the conflict in Kosovo 1998-99, KLA kidnapped over 1300 Serbian civilians. In few of this cases, remains of bodies have been returned to their families, but most of this cases have been unsolved. "The Association of Families of Missing and Kidnapped Serbs in Kosovo" starts its over 10 years of struggle with UN institutions, demanding the solving of all cases of missing Serbs in Kosovo. photo Andrija Ilic	Malisevo, Kosovo, Serbia, 1998 Typical war scene from the street. During the war activities in Kosovo, civilians who had to leave their homes, they released all their cattle free out of stables and ranches, so the cattle can find food and water. Otherwise, all animals would die captured inside stables, with no food and water.. photo Andrija Ilic
Svinjare, Kosovo, Serbia, 1998 Serbian armed civilian at the patrol around his village. photo Andrija Ilic	Orahovac, Kosovo, Serbia, 1998 Abandoned horses are looking for shelter, food and water in destroyed town Orahovac. photo Andrija Ilic	Orahovac, Kosovo, Serbia, 1998 City center after the fights betwern Serbian armed forces and KLA. photo Andrija Ilic
Malisevo, Kosovo, Serbia, 1998 Member of Serbian special police unit during the clash with KLA extremists in Malisevo. photo Andrija Ilic	Podujevo, Kosovo, Serbia, 1998 Maintaining hygiene on the frontline. photo Andrija Ilic	Orahovac, Kosovo, Serbia, 1998 Serbian policeman during the clashes with Albanian querilla near by Orahovav. photo Andrija Ilic
near by Pristina , Kosovo, Serbia, 1998 Father of a killed Serbian civilian cries after his son, during the funeral ceremony. photo Andrija Ilic	near by Pristina, Kosovo, Serbia, 1998 Mother kisses a coffin with the remains of her son, Serbian civilian killed by Albanian guerilla. photo Andrija Ilic	Pec, Kosovo, Serbia, 1998 Mother and sister sof a killed Serbian policeman, mourning at the funeral. photo Andrija Ilic
Svinjare, Kosovo, Serbia, 1998 "Painting on the wall" on a burned house. photo Andrija Ilic	Svinjare, Kosovo, Serbia, 1998 Serbian boy with his toy. photo Andrija Ilic	Devic monastery, Kosovo, Serbia, 1998 Policeman enjoys his cigarette break. photo Andrija Ilic
Devic monastery , Kosovo, Serbia, 1998 Serbian policeman repairs the monastey roof. Devic is a Christian Orthodox vestal monastery, shelled with grenades several times by KLA in 1998-99. After Serbian security forces left Kosovo in 1999, UN took a place in creating peace and security, monastery Devic was destroyed, robbed and burned to the ground.. photo Andrija Ilic	Merdare, Kosovo, Serbia, 1999 Serbian Army Pulling out from Kosovo, June 1999. After a three months of bombardment of Yugoslavia (Serbia), a Military-Technical Deal was ratified between Serbian Army and NATO, under which all Serbian army and police troops were to leave the whole of territory of Kosovo. photo Andrija Ilic	Merdare, Kosovo, Serbia, 1999 Serbian army soldier on a tank. Army backing out, day and night. An 11-day span, as of the official enforcement of the Military-Technical Agreement, was set down for Serbian Army and other security forces to leave Kosovo in full. Under the deal, the bombing campaign against Serbia had been suspended till a thorough evacuation of the forces has been accomplished.
Merdare, Kosovo, Serbia, 1999 Setting their own homes ablaze, Serbs exit Kosovo, summer 1999. On Serbian Army's retreat from Kosovo, a large-scale migration started off of Serbs, burning their homes in the face of ethnic Albanians. About 200,000 Serbs are estimated to have fled the province as refugees of war, ever since the NATO-led KFOR troops first arrived there. photo Andrija Ilic	Merdare, Kosovo, Serbia, 1999 Serbian refugees leaving Kosovo after Serbian Army pulled out from the province. Around 200 000 Serbs had to leave their homes in Kosovo after NATO-led military forces enter south Serbian province. photo Andrija Ilic	Merdare, Kosovo, Serbia, 1999 Serbian refugees leaving Kosovo towards central Serbia. photo Andrija Ilic
Gracanica, Kosovo, Serbia, 1999 An "Apache" over the middle-ages Gracanica monastery. America's latest word in combat helicopters, the Apache reached Kosovo as an advance guard of NATO-led land forces. photo Andrija Ilic	Kosovo, Serbia, 1999 NATO-led soldier forbids photographer to take photos. photo Andrija Ilic	Pristina, Kosovo, Serbia, 2005 UN police in Kosovo protects with shields Serbian photographers from stones thrown by Albanians in the center of Pristina.. photo Andrija Ilic
Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo, Serbia, 2004 Elderly Serb resident of Kosovska Mitrovica is feeding pitchens at the Ibar bridge that divides Kosovska Mitrovica on North - Serbian part and South - Albanian. photo Andrija Ilic	Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo, Serbia, 2004 Soldiers of French NATO-led Kosovo peacekeeping troops (KFOR) behind razor-wire, protecting the bridge over Ibar river, which divides Kosovska Mitrovica on North - Serbian side and South - Albanian. photo Andrija Ilic	Pristina, Kosovo, Serbia, 2003 Serbian Orthodox church "Christ the Savior" in the down town of Pristina, surrounded with razor-wire. This church was several times under grenade attacks by Albanian extremists. Since the Serbian army and police withdrew from Kosovo, and after UN peacekeeping troops arrived at the province in 1999, more than 150 Serbian churches and monasteries were completely destroyed, robbed and burned to the ground by Albanian extremists. photo Andrija Ilic
Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo, Serbia, 2004 Serbian Orthodox church "St. Sava" set on fire by Albanian extremists during the riots in Kosovo. photo Andrija Ilic	Orahovac, Kosovo, Serbia, 2005 Serbian girl is passing by a NATO-led Kosovo peacekeeping soldier (KFOR) in Orahovac, which is most isolated Serbian enclave in Kosovo. Around 400 Serbs are living in few streets, surrounded with razor-wires and KFOR guard. photo Andrija Ilic	Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo, Serbia, 2004 KFOR soldiers running towards the building where the bomb exploded in Kosovska Mitrovica. Several Serbian families were isolated for weeks in that building, populated mainly with Albanians. photo Andrija Ilic
Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo, Serbia, 2004 Serbian family leaving their home in Albanian populated neghbourhood, after the bomb exploded in front of their home. photo Andrija Ilic	Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo, Serbia, 2004 Serbian women cries while leaving her home after a bomb explosion in front of her home. Few Serbian families were isolated in Albanian neighborhood for some weeks, and they have been evacuated after violence escalate in march riots in Kosovo 2004. photo Andrija Ilic	Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo, Serbia, 2004 An elderly Serbian women cries in the collective refugee center in Northern part of Kosovska Mitrovica. During the March riots in Kosovo 2004, Albanian extremists commit ethic cleansing of Serbian population in Kosovo. In two days, more than 19 people were killed, several thousands expelled from their homes. photo Andrija Ilic
Belgrade, Serbia, 2003 Injured Serbian boy from Gorazdevac in Kosovo, in the hospital in Belgrade. Albanian gunman's attacked on a group of Serbian children swimming in a Kosovan river. photo Andrija Ilic	Pristina, Kosovo, Serbia, 2003 Copy of the "Liberty Statue" at the top of hotel "Victory" in Pristina, shows US domination on Kosovo future. photo Andrija Ilic

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