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Drenica (Albanian: also known as the Drenica Valley, is a hilly region in central Kosovo, covering 1200 square kilometers. Located west of the capital Pristina, its population of 10,000 (1991 Census) is entirely Albanian^{[citation needed]} even prior to 1998.^{[citation needed]} The Drenica (Albanian: Drenica, Serbian Cyrillic: Дреница) is a river in Kosovo, a 50 km-long right tributary to the Sitnica river. ... For other uses, see Kosovo (disambiguation). ... Prishtinë/Prishtina (Albanian indefinite/definite form) or Priština (Приштина) (Serbian) is the capital city of Kosovo, a landlocked province of Serbia located at 42°65′ N 21°17′ E. It is estimated that the current population of Prishtina is as high as 500,000. ...

The region comprises the municipalities of Glogovac and Srbica, with these cities being at the same time the respective municipal capitals and major population centers of each municipality. The villages surrounding the two towns are the birthplace of the Kosovo Liberation Army, which began armed operations in Pristina in 1996. A popular attraction is the Cicevica Mountains, located northeast of Glogovac. Gllogovc, Kosovo 2000 Gllogovc (Serbian:Glogovac or Глоговац) or Drenasi is a town and municipality in Kosovo. ... Srbica (Serbian: Србица;) is a city in Kosovo located at 42°44′48″ N 020°47′19″ E. It is the largest city in Drenica. ... Ushtria Çlirimtare e Kosovës. ...

Traditionally this region showed very strong resistance to any of the regimes installed in Kosova by force, since Turkish rule in the Balkans until recently during Kosovo War of 1999. A KLA stronghold during the 1998-1999 war, the region saw many armed conflicts with Serbian police and military forces organized by Slobodan Milošević. The hilltop village of Likovac served as regional headquarters for the KLA until the Serbs recaptured it in an offensive in September 1998. The area around Cicevica also saw activity between Serb forces and the 114th Brigade of the KLA. The term Kosovo War or Kosovo Conflict is often used to describe two sequential and at times parallel armed conflicts (a civil war followed by an international war) in the southern Serbian province called Kosovo (officially Kosovo and Metohia), part of the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. ... Anthem:  Serbia() on the European continent()  —  [] Capital (and largest city) Belgrade Official languages Serbian Recognised regional languages Hungarian, Slovak, Romanian, Croatian, Rusyn 1 Albanian 2 Demonym Serbian Government Parliamentary Democracy  -  President Boris Tadić  -  Prime Minister Vojislav KoÅ¡tunica    -  First state 7th century   -  Serbian Kingdom3 1217   -  Serbian Empire 1345   -  Independence lost... MiloÅ¡ević redirects here. ...

Yugoslav army and paramilitary units used a Feronikel plant near Glogovac as a base for operations from 1998 to 1999. Before the war, the factory produced nickel and ore. After the Albanian workers were laid off or expelled, it was also used as a barracks and a fire base, in which cannons and rockets were fired against KLA positions. The plant was bombed by NATO forces on April 29, 1999, causing an unknown number of casualties and extensive damage. The Yugoslav Peoples Army (Serbo-Croatian Jugoslavenska/Jugoslovenska narodna armija, JNA, Slovene Jugoslovanska ljudska armada, JLA, Macedonian Jugoslovenskata narodna armija, JNA) was the military of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. ... Paramilitary designates forces whose function and organization are similar to those of a professional military force, but which are not regarded as having the same status. ... For other uses, see Nickel (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Ore (disambiguation). ... A barracks housing conscripts of Norrbottens regemente in Boden, Sweden. ... A fire support base (FSB or firebase) is a military encampment designed to provide artillery support to infantry operating in areas beyond the normal range of fire support from their own base camps. ... This article is about the military alliance. ...

Not surprisingly, Drenica is also the scene of some of the worst abuses against Albanian civilians in Kosova.

See also

• Ethnic cleansing
• Operation Horseshoe
• Adem Jashari

For the video game, see Ethnic Cleansing (computer game). ... Operation Horseshoe (German: Hufeisenplan) was the name given by the German government to an alleged Serbian plan to expel the entire Albanian population of Kosovo. ... Adem Jashari (November 28, 1955 – March 6, 1998) was born in Drenica, Kosovo. ...

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