11.   Rebel Serbs, backed by the Yugoslav army, seized one-third of Croatian territory, most of which was recovered in Croatian army offensives last year.

12.   A combined Croatian and Bosnian army offensive last month cracked the three-year siege of the pocket and defeated rebel Serb and renegade Muslim forces in the region.

13.   A number of mosques, Muslim schools, houses and infrastructure were damaged or destroyed during an army offensive two years ago.

14.   A Kurdish militant group called Friday for supporters living abroad to mobilize against the Turkish army offensive launched against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq this week.

15.   An Algerian newspaper reported Wednesday that the leader of the extremist Armed Islamic Group was killed in a week-old army offensive against Muslim fundamentalist militants.

16.   An army offensive against Hutu rebels north of Bujumbura continued for the fifth day Friday, the army spokesman said.

17.   An army offensive in March and April was intended to prevent such attacks, but after a brief lull, the frequency has been increasing again in recent days.

18.   An army offensive against Hutu rebels north of Bujumbura, the capital, continued for the fifth day Friday, the army spokesman said.

19.   An army offensive drove the Tigers from their administrative stronghold in the northern Jaffna Peninsula.

20.   Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has vowed to block U.N. operations in revenge for U.N. failure to stop the Croatian army offensive.