Albanian National Army | |
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Armata Kombëtare Shqiptare | |
Leaders | Alban Parishi[1] Wigan Gradica[2] Avdil Jakupi[3] Agim Krasniqi[4][5] Lirim Jakupi[6] Bekim Mehmeti † Ramadan Shiti † Habit Ahmeti † Fisnik Meti † Fatos Aliu[7] |
Dates of operation | 2001–present |
Active regions | Kosovo Polog, North Macedonia Preševo Valley |
Ideology | Albanian nationalism Greater Albania |
Size | 12,000 (2007) |
Allies | National Liberation Army |
Opponents | Macedonia Serbia Montenegro KFOR UNMIK Tsar Lazar Guard |
Battles and wars |
The Albanian National Army (ANA; Albanian: Armata Kombëtare Shqiptare, AKSh)[11] is an Albanian paramilitary organization which operates in North Macedonia, Serbia[a] and Kosovo.[b] The group opposes the Ohrid Framework Agreement which ended the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia between members of the National Liberation Army and Macedonian security forces.[12]
"ANA" CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR KILLING OF TEN MACEDONIAN SOLDIERS Skopje, August 10 - A new armed group of ethnic Albanians on Thursday claimed responsibility for the killing of ten Macedonian army reservists in a highway ambush a day earlier. The "Albanian National Army" (AKSH) e-mailed a statement to several media in the region, on Albanian-language, saying a combined unit of its fighters and of the so-called National Liberation Army (NLA) carried the attack out "in revenge" for the killing of five NLA members by Macedonian security forces.
In a statement yesterday, a dissident ethnic Albanian group calling itself the Albanian National Army claimed responsibility for the killings, saying: "The Skopje government is restarting its terror and sees war as the only response to Albanian demands."
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