Metro Plus News Turkish forces arrive in Kosovo to bolster NATO-led peacekeepers after violence

Turkish forces arrive in Kosovo to bolster NATO-led peacekeepers after violence

2023-06-05 | Metro Admin | 0 Comment | pm 7:18

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The Turkish commando battalion requested by NATO has arrived in Kosovo to assist in quelling recent violent unrest in the Balkan country.
The Turkish Defense Ministry shared a video Sunday showing troops wearing the insignia of the NATO-led KFOR peacekeeping force departing Turkey and arriving in Kosovo.
Violent clashes with ethnic Serbs last Monday left 30 international soldiers – 11 Italians and 19 Hungarians – wounded, including fractures and burns from improvised explosive incendiary devices.
The clashes grew out of a confrontation that unfolded earlier after ethnic Albanian officials elected in votes overwhelmingly boycotted by Serbs entered municipal buildings to take office and were blocked by Serbs.

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2024-05-13 | Metro Admin | 0 Comment

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2024-01-23 | Metro Admin | 0 Comment

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