National Liberation Army (Macedonia)
The National Liberation Army, also known as the Macedonian UÇK was an ethnic Albanian militant and separatist militia that operated in the Republic of Macedonia in 2001 and was closely associated with the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). Following the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia, it was disarmed through the Ohrid Framework Agreement, which gave greater rights and autonomy to the state's Macedonian Albanians.
U.S. soldier loading up NLA fighters on a truck heading to a detention center
U.S. soldier checks an NLA fighter for any hidden contrabands.
Monument in Sopot of UÇK
Matejče mosque in 2001
The Kosovo Liberation Army was an ethnic Albanian separatist militia that sought the separation of Kosovo, the vast majority of which is inhabited by Albanians, from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) and Serbia during the 1990s. Albanian nationalism was a central tenet of the KLA and many in its ranks supported the creation of a Greater Albania, which would encompass all Albanians in the Balkans, stressing Albanian culture, ethnicity and nation.
Statue of Hamëz Jashari.
UÇK monument in Deçan
Members of the Kosovo Liberation Army turn over their weapons to U.S. Marines
Weapons confiscated from the KLA, July 1999
