Insurgency in Kosovo (1995–1998)

Insurgency in Kosovo
	Part of the Yugoslav Wars and the prelude to the Kosovo War
	; Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija, otherwise known to the Albanian population as Republic of Kosova, highlighted in red as part of the Socialist Federal Republic and later the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1945–1999).
Date	27 May 1995 – 27 February 1998; (2 years and 9 months)
Location	Kosovo and Metohija, Serbia, Yugoslavia
Result	Start of the Kosovo War See Aftermath;
Belligerents
Kosovo Liberation Army	FR Yugoslavia; • Police of Serbia
Commanders and leaders
Adem Jashari; Hamëz Jashari; Hakif Zejnullahu †; Hashim Thaçi; Sylejman Selimi; Zahir Pajaziti †; Ramush Haradinaj	Slobodan Milošević; Vlastimir Đorđević; Sreten Lukić
Strength
c. 150 (before 1997) c. 300 (before 1998) c. 500 (early 1998)	10,000 policemen; 11,000–12,000 soldiers (early 1998)
Casualties and losses
100+ militants arrested; unknown number killed; Several wounded	121 policemen killed (1997–98) ; 1 Air transport shot down
	24 civilians killed (Serbian claim)

The Insurgency in Kosovo began in 1995, following the Dayton Agreement that ended the Bosnian War. In 1996, the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) began attacking Serbian governmental buildings and police stations. This insurgency would lead to the more intense Kosovo War in February 1998.