White House warns of escalation between Kosovo-Serbia

The US is warning of a big build-up of Serbian troops on the Kosovo border. Here’s why tensions are high

By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — The long fractious ties between Kosovo and Serbia are once again on edge after one of the worst outbreaks of violence in years. The trigger for the latest flare-up was the killing of a Kosovar police officer and an ensuing shootout at a monastery last weekend, but the roots

The US is warning of a big build-up of Serbian troops on the Kosovo border. Here’s why tensions are high

By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — The long fractious ties between Kosovo and Serbia are once again on edge after one of the worst outbreaks of violence in years. The trigger for the latest flare-up was the killing of a Kosovar police officer and an ensuing shootout at a monastery last weekend, but the roots of the tensions go as far back as the 1990s and the disintegration of the former Yugoslavia. The White House is concerned, warning of an “unprece…

The US is warning of a big build-up of Serbian troops on the Kosovo border. Here's why tensions are high

The long fractious ties between Kosovo and Serbia are once again on edge after one of the worst outbreaks of violence in years.

US warns of large Serbian military build-up near Kosovo

The United States urged Belgrade to pull its forces back from the border with Kosovo on Friday after detecting what it called an "unprecedented" Serbian military build-up.

Washington is concerned about an unusual deployment of Serb troops on the border with Kosovo.

Against the backdrop of rising tensions between the two countries, the US urged Serbia to stop stockpiling its military at the border with Kosovo. White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby called the increased deployment of the Serbian army along the Kosovo border a “destabilizing development.”