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On 5 July, a nationwide ceasefire deal was reached between the NLA and the
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soldiers apprehended 90 suspected NLA rebels along Kosovo's border region with
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initiated an offensive and employed various weapons, including artillery and tanks, to combat the NLA in Nikuštak.
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713:[Politics: Macedonia: KFOR troops arrest Albanian rebels].
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711:"Politik: Mazedonien: Kfor-Truppe nimmt albanische Rebellen fest"
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609:"Macedonia: Fighting Continues Amid Political Squabbling"
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Security and Co-operation in Europe
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233:Nikuštak mosque destroyed by Macedonian shelling
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848:"Nato brokers ceasefire in Macedonia"
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16:Military engagement in 2001
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109:Commanders and leaders
208:Casualties and losses
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515:in the village of
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77:Belligerents
68:Inconclusive
29:Part of the
409:2004 - 2005
308:Tanuševci 3
303:Tanuševci 2
293:Tanuševci 1
973:Categories
958:2023-08-11
933:2023-08-11
908:2023-08-11
902:The Herald
883:2023-08-11
858:2023-08-11
833:2023-06-28
808:2023-08-11
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755:2023-06-25
728:2023-06-25
696:2023-08-11
671:2023-06-25
646:2023-06-25
618:2023-06-25
591:References
527:Background
723:1865-2263
583:with the
578:Aftermath
521:Macedonia
461:Smilkovci
373:Aračinovo
103:Macedonia
58:Macedonia
517:Nikuštak
490:Kumanovo
388:Ljuboten
378:Nikuštak
368:Karpalak
353:Vaksince
338:Slupčane
54:Nikuštak
49:Location
750:AP News
485:Gošince
333:Matejče
228:Unknown
220:Unknown
181:Unknown
121:Unknown
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473:Skopje
403:Treboš
383:Raduša
363:Skopje
313:Tetovo
288:Tearce
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65:Result
358:Gajre
348:Lisec
343:Vejce
298:Brest
719:ISSN
563:NATO
503:The
479:2015
467:2014
455:2012
438:2010
426:2007
328:MH-2
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