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| Albanian-Yugoslav border conflict (1998-1999) | |||||||
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| Part of the Kosovo War and Yugoslav Wars | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Kosovo Liberation Army1999:  AlbaniaSupport:  Mujahedeen NATO |
 Yugoslavia | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Alija Rabić † Wesley Clark |
Božidar Delić Nebojša Pavković Vladimir Lazarević Dragan Živanović | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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138th Brigade 121st Brigade 123rd Brigade 1999:  Kukës division |
Priština Corps Units 549th Motorized Brigade 53rd Border Batallion 72nd Brigade for Special Operations 2nd Battalion of the 125th Motorized Brigade 63rd Parachute Brigade  Russian volunteers Ukrainian volunteers | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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22-24 fighters Units of B-52,A-10 and Lockheed AC-130 aircrafts. |
Thousands Tanks and armored vehicles | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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18 killed None |
Per NATO: 32 artillery pieces, 9 armored personnel carriers, 6 armored vehicles, 4 other military vehicles, 8 mortar positions and one SA6 surface to air missile. | ||||||
Events
During the Insurgency in Kosovo the KLA used the Albanian-Yugoslav border for regular weapon smuggling. These activities continued during the Kosovo War. In the Battle of Baballoq alone, the KLA led 10 trips to the Albanian-Yugoslav border to smuggle weapons, resupplying the KLA's forces. Due to these activities, the Yugoslav army reinforced their forces on the border with Albania. A key component of the Yugoslav forces on the border with Albania was the 53rd Border Battalion led by Božidar Delić.
April 23, 1998, Albanian–Yugoslav border ambush
On 23 April 1998, at 5:45, the 53rd border Battalion incountered a group of 150-200 KLA insurgents who were attempting to smuggle weapons from Albania.