The KLA , formed Coming_to_be in the early 1990s to fight Hostile_encounter against Serbian persecution of Kosovo Albanians , initiated Process_start its first campaign in 1995 when it launched attacks Attack against Serbian law enforcement in Kosovo .

This precipitated Change a mass expulsion of Kosovar Albanians as the Yugoslav forces continued to fight Hostile_encounter during the aerial bombardment of Yugoslavia ( March–June 1999 ) .

The Yugoslav and Serb forces caused Causation the displacement of between 1.2 million to 1.45 million Kosovo Albanians .

When the Turkish force got Getting near enough , the Albanians ambushed Attack and the Turks routed Destroying .

As a result , the JNA began Process_start to lose Earnings_and_losses Slovenes , Croats , Kosovar Albanians , Bosniaks , and ethnic Macedonians , and effectively became Becoming a Serb army .

Songs from this contest have resulted in Causation numerous memorable hits for Albanians throughout the world .

The Siege of Shkodra of 1478–79 was a confrontation Hostile_encounter between the Ottoman Empire and the Albanians and Venetians at Shkodra ( Scutari in Italian ) and its Rozafa Castle during the First Ottoman-Venetian War ( 1463–79 ) .

The defenders of the citadel emigrated Removing to Venice , whereas many Albanians from the region retreated Escaping into the mountains .

The Albanian–Venetian War Military_operation of 1447–48 was waged between Venetian and Ottoman forces Causation against the Albanians under George Kastrioti Skanderbeg .

After the failed Orlov revolt Change_of_leadership of 1770 , in which the Maniots took part Conquering , Muslim Albanians ( also known as Turkoalbanians ) ravaged Destroying the Peloponnese and kept Temporary_stay the Maniots cooped Arrest up inside Mani .

With a large force of Muslim Albanians he penetrated Attack into Mani and laid siege Besieging to the tower of the powerful Grigorakos of Ayeranos and Skoutari .

The bombing occurred Coming_to_be during Operation Allied Force , a NATO operation against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( FRY ) aimed at forcing the FRY government to end the repression of Albanians in Kosovo and Metohija .

The bloodshed , ethnic cleansing Emptying of thousands of Albanians driving Change them into neighbouring countries , and the potential of it to destabilize Cause_change_of_strength the region provoked Causation intervention by international organizations and agencies , such as the United Nations , NATO , and INGOs .

In the days after the Yugoslav army withdrew Escaping , over 164,000 Serbs and 24,000 Roma left Departing Kosovo and many of the remaining Presence non-Albanian civilians ( as well as Albanians perceived Perception_active as collaborators Collaboration ) were victims Catastrophe of abuse which included Cause_to_be_included beatings Bodily_harm , abductions Kidnapping and murders Killing .

The Račak massacre ( ) or Račak operation ( ) was the mass killing Killing of 45 Kosovo Albanians that took place Process_start in the village of Račak ( ) in central Kosovo in January 1999 .