![]() ![]() The flow of rebels, most of them soldiers according to Macedonian officials, coincides with the six-month long conflict's fiercest fighting in the north of the former Yugoslav republic around Radusa and Tetovo. The Macedonian government criticised NATO for allowing some 600 ethnic Albanian rebels to cross into its territory, reports said. The rebels were supported by reinforcements from Kosovo, the mostly ethnic-Albanian populated, NATO-controlled province of neighbouring Yugoslavia, state television said. ![]() Sukhoi SU-25 ground attack jets and army helicopter jets flew over the village of Radusa, state television pictures showed.ĬNN's Walter Rodgers: "Bloodiest week of fighting"Īmanda Williamson of International Red Cross talks about civilians caught in cross fire State television broadcast footage of a separate effort to rescue an unspecified number of policemen surrounded by ethnic Albanian rebels in the mountains of northern Macedonia. Heavy fire was also reported near the village of Radusa. However, ongoing violence between the two sides threatens to sideline the tentative deal. The Macedonian Slav majority government and ethnic Albanian minority are set to sign a peace agreement on Monday designed to end the six-month ethnic Albanian rebellion and lead to disarmament of the rebels. Macedonian tanks and artillery returned fire against the rebel positions. Tetovo, about 50 kilometres (30 miles) from the capital Skopje, came under heavy guerrilla attack on Saturday evening as hundreds of armed ethnic Albanian rebels targeted Macedonian forces.Īs many as 200 heavily armed guerillas launched attacks against Macedonia police checkpoints and targeted the main road connecting the largely ethnic Albanian city to the capital, Skopje. SKOPJE, Macedonia - Heavy fighting flared overnight between ethnic Albanian rebels and government forces in Macedonia's second largest city less than 48 hours before a peace deal is set to be signed. ![]()
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