Serbia, Croatia mark Balkan war anniversary amid tensions
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BELGRAD- Serbs mourned Thursday while Croats celebrated as the Balkan neighbors marked the anniversary of a 1995 Croatian offensive that retook territory from rebel Serb forces.
The offensive, which triggered an exodus of hundreds of thousands of people, has been commemorated annually. This year's two-day events come amid heightened tensions between the two countries that have brought relations between the pair to their lowest point since the 1991-95 war.
Croatia is marking its military operation with victory celebrations, while Serbia considers the "Storm" offensive a war crime that resulted in the exodus of most Serbs living in Croatia, in convoys on tractors and horse-drawn carts. Hundreds were killed in the process.
