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Kosovo  Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) (in Albanian: Ushtria Çlirimtare e Kosovës - UÇK) was an ethnic Albanian militant group militarily prepared, active in Kosovo during the 1990s that sought Kosovo's independence from period of time from 1980s to 1990s and they were fighting for independence from the Serbia (at that time, Serbia was a republic in the Yugoslavian federation of Yugoslavia).

As the famous journal britannica explains "the Kosovo Liberation Army was not a unified military organization subordinated to a political party or civil authority, but rather functioned as a guerilla movement consisting of lightly armed fighters. However, its members carried visible insignia and executed the assignments of their command in a disciplined way. The KLA's strength has swelled from about 500 active members at the beginning of 1998 to a force of at least a few thousand men (though some estimates suggest that there are as many as 12,000 to 20,000 armed guerrillas)" (britannica, 2019)

According to a website that is known as globalsecurity.org "the KLA initially conducted hit-and-run attacks against the Serbian special forces police operating in the province. Typically, KLA units fired on Serbian patrols, trying to draw them into the woods where they would be ambushed. Initially, the buildings and personnel of the Serbian Special Police were not targeted, nor were high police officials and police vehicles. After the March 1998 Drenica massacre the KLA engaged in a wider scope of actions. In April and May 1998 there were a number of attacks on police units and facilities and attacks on the Military Police working with the Serbian police. In May and June 1998 larger-scale actions consisted actions to defend villages on important crossroads in order to form in the west of Kosovo (between Peja and Gjakova) a line of liberated territories and to disrupt communications between local police and Army units and the main forces in eastern Kosovo. The Yugoslav Army responded to these actions with heavy weaponry. Other KLA actions in this period included attacks on roads to isolate dispersed police stations and control points needing daily supplies" (globalsecurity.org, 2011).

Looking into the NATO and UN archives we were able to find information about UN mission in Kosovo. According to their archives and some information on britannica journal "following the war, the United Nations (UN) sent a multinational peacekeeping force into the region, and all Serbian and Yugoslav forces were removed. The KLA eventually submitted to demilitarization and disbanded. Several of its leaders went on to form political parties and became active in Kosovo’s administration. Kosovo declared itself an independent country in February 2008, but many countries did not recognize it as such, considering it to still be a province of Serbia" (nato.int, 1999).

Kosovo Liberation Army [KLA / UCK]. https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/kla.htm. Accessed 30 Sept. 2019.

“Kosovo Liberation Army | History & Facts.” Encyclopedia Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Kosovo-Liberation-Army. Accessed 30 Sept. 2019.

NATO & Kosovo: Historical Overview. https://www.nato.int/kosovo/history.htm. Accessed 28 Sept. 2019.

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