Battle of Lođa

Battle of Lođa
	Part of the Kosovo War
Date	6 July – 17 August 1998 ; (1 month, 1 week and 4 days)
Location	, near Peja, FR Yugoslavia
Result	Yugoslav victory
Belligerents
KLA; FARK	Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Commanders and leaders
Tahir Zemaj; Sali Çekaj	Nebojša Pavković
Casualties and losses
none	unknown
	2 civilians killed, 25 wounded

The Battle of Lođa (Serbian: Boj na Lođi, Serbian Cyrillic: Бој на лођи, Albanian: Beteja e Loxhës) was a battle between the Yugoslav Army against the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) and Armed Forces of the Republic of Kosova (FARK),^[2] an operation launched to counterattack the Albanian rebels after two Yugoslav policemen patrolling the area had been killed.^[3] The four-week offensive^[1] ended in a Yugoslav victory.^[3] All of village's 284 houses and mosque were destroyed by Serbian Police with bulldozers.^[4]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Refugees In Kosovo Are in Peril". The New York Times. 17 August 1998. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
^ "Kosovo PM: Solve Post-War Political Murders".
^ ^a ^b "Serbia: Kosovo fighting dies out after rebel loss | ReliefWeb". Reliefweb.int. 1998-08-17. Retrieved 2012-01-21.
^ Human Rights Watch (Organization) (2001). Under Orders: War Crimes in Kosovo. Human Rights Watch. pp. 542–. ISBN 978-1-56432-264-7.

[NYT-1] "Refugees In Kosovo Are in Peril". The New York Times. 17 August 1998. Retrieved 28 November 2012.

[2] "Kosovo PM: Solve Post-War Political Murders".

[Relief_Web-3] "Serbia: Kosovo fighting dies out after rebel loss | ReliefWeb". Reliefweb.int. 1998-08-17. Retrieved 2012-01-21.

[4] Human Rights Watch (Organization) (2001). Under Orders: War Crimes in Kosovo. Human Rights Watch. pp. 542–. ISBN 978-1-56432-264-7.

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