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** Bosnian War ( 1992 – 1995 ) – the war involved several ethnically defined factions within Bosnia and Herzegovina: Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats as well as a smaller faction in Western Bosnia led by Fikret Abdić.

The Siege of Sarajevo ( 1992 – 1995 ) marked the most violent urban warfare in Europe since World War II at that time as Serb forces bombard and attack Bosniak controlled and populated areas of the city.

War crimes occur including ethnic cleansing and destruction of civilian property.