January 2001 The Military– KFOR has a strength of December 2000 KFOR troops fired S on from across Serb border while Technical 50,000 troops. Nearly Hundreds of Agreement 42,500 are deployed in patrolling demilitarised zone (DMZ). Albanians clash signed on 9 June and another January 2001 250 troops are posted with French troops Lesak 1999 established 7,500 provide rear in Mitrovica. Over E a 5km-wide support through on the Kosovo– border across 1,000 Albanians from the Presevo Valley. Their mission DMZ on Serbia's contingents based in have been forced to boundary with Macedonia, Albania and includes preventing arms being flee from the area. MNB North Kosovo. Greece. Lead-nation France smuggled to the UCPMB. R February 2001 Ethnic Albanian F E Kosovska Mitrovica Podujevo Medvedja guerrillas dismiss peace proposal MONTENEGRO D E offered by Belgrade to calm tensions R Rudnik KFOR HQ Pristina N in the Presevo region. Fire exchanged A MNB Centre B L Lead-nation UK between Serb police and the UCPMB MNB West in the DMZ is at its heaviest since Lead-nation Italy R Pe´c E Pristina November. Budisavci P U I March 2001 Macedonian security B L MNB East forces deployed to Tetovo region. I C Lead-nation US NATO allows Yugoslav forces to enter Gnjilane O part of the DMZ between Kosovo F A and southern Serbia. KosovoControl PointPoint Sapper y Y e U ll G Dobrosin a A O Urosevac S V L A o area of Liberation Army of Djakovica V I v A e L s Presevo, Medvedja and e MNB South Vitina Presevo r Bujanovac (UCPMB) activity P B Lead-nation Germany Control Point Sapper area of National Liberation A 100 US soldiers stationed Army (NLA) activity Prizren TanusevciTanusevci N to monitor UCPMB ethnic-Serb area 0 10km Vrbnica activities. I A Kosovo Force (KFOR) I 0 5 miles A N Multinational O The UCPMB are an Brigade Sectors (MNB) 18 March 2001 TetovoTetovo D armed Albanian group KFOR MNB HQ Heavy violence E calling for the Presevo between C Skopje Valley region to be United Nations Interim The NLA are an unified with Kosovo. An Macedonian A administration in Kosovo armed Albanian V estimated 800 UCPMB forces and NLA a r (UNMIK) district centres group of about M d guerrillas are based in fighters spreads to a nearby villages. 500–1,000 fighters. r this region. IISSmaps