[News] Turkish writer: Serbia is playing with fire in the Balkans

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A report published by the Turkish newspaper "Yeni Akit" stated that tensions rose in Kosovo after the local elections held in May, and reached their peak on September 24, with an attack carried out by Serb militants.

 

 

 

Writer Ayhan Demir said that the attack that took place in the village of Banska in the city of Zveshan in northern Kosovo, caused the death of a policeman and the injury of another. The clashes that continued for hours also resulted in the killing of gunmen and the arrest of two of them, while the other gunmen were able to flee to Serbia through the areas. Mountainous.

The writer stated that the Serbian groups - which he described as terrorist - had been launching rapid attacks (hit and run) since the first decade of the 21st century in the north of the country, but the decisive interventions of the police of the Special Forces in Kosovo spoiled the goals of all those attacks.

Not a normal attack
He continued that the operation launched by the Kosovo police and NATO peacekeeping forces on the Orthodox Monastery of Banska (where the militants were hiding) revealed that “the matter was not just a terrorist attack,” as the operation resulted in the confiscation of weapons worth 5 million euros, and many This ammunition is of the type that can only be found in army depots.

For example, a document was found proving that the seized grenade launcher belonged to the Serbian army.

According to the writer, it is believed that the Serbs transported this ammunition using ambulance-like vehicles and forces belonging to the NATO peacekeeping force, wondering, why were the Kosovo intelligence services not aware of this?

The report stated that Kosovo's border with Serbia is rugged and mountainous, and this makes it very difficult to control the entire border line. In addition, Serbs use different methods to cross the border.

Kosovar intelligence and NATO peacekeeping forces, of course, learned of the efforts to arm the Serbs. Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti has constantly warned the international community against arming the Serbs. However, little attention has been paid to these warnings.

Serbian support
According to the writer, it is clear that the attack was carried out with the full support and planning of the Serbian state, and there are many signs in this direction.

He added that the declaration by Serbia and the Serbian List party operating in Kosovo of mourning for the militants who were killed in Kosovo is the greatest evidence of who is behind the operation, as if to say, “Be careful here: the mourning is not for the Kosovo policeman who was martyred, but for the Serbian terrorists.”

He continued, that days before the attack, the militants received training at the Basulyanski Livadi and Kopaonik military bases, affiliated with the Serbian army.

In addition, British MP Alicia Cairns stated - two months before the attack - that Serbia was using religious sites in northern Kosovo as weapons depots.

The pictures published by the Kosovo authorities show that Milan Radovic was the leader of the “Serbian terrorist group,” according to the writer, who said that Radovic, vice-president of the Serbian List Party and a member of the Kosovo Parliament, and nicknamed the “Baron of the North,” was moving on the orders of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic. It controls areas inhabited by the Serb majority in Kosovo.

Radovic was also accused in the case of the murder of Serbian politician Oliver Ivanovic, who was killed on January 16, 2018, and he was also included on a blacklist from the United States and the United Kingdom.

As for Bojan Milojevic, who was killed during the attack, he was a bodyguard for Serbian intelligence director Aleksandar Volin, in 2013. He also actively participated in the election campaign of Serbian President Vucic.

According to the writer, what he described as the “terrorist group” that carried out the attack consisted of people who received professional military training. In addition, this attack was the result of a large preparation, as Serbia seeks to create conflict zones in northern Kosovo, and wishes to spread the image that the Republic of Kosovo is an unsafe country. Ultimately, it wants to separate the north of the country from Kosovo completely.

The danger is not over yet
According to the writer, many churches in the north of the country may contain similar ammunition stores, and in addition, there are many armed formations; Such as: Wagner and others in the region, under the control of the state of Serbia.

However, Serbia's main strategy is not to enter Kosovo with tanks and heavy weapons, but rather to create a corridor to provide weapons and soldiers in the north of the country, create conflict zones, and then pass the theory of "Serb uprising in Kosovo against the 'injustice' and 'terrorism' to which they were subjected" to The international community, and then the final annexation of the region.

The writer concluded in his report that the Serbs in Kosovo do not have any problem with the Albanians. The Serbs in Kosovo need protection from “acts of terrorism carried out by Serbia, and they do not need protection from the state of Kosovo.”

 

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