Federation police entered the Sarajevo suburb of Ilijas with out incident yesterday, formally lifting the siege of Bosnia's capital and reuniting it with the country's industrial heartland. Ilijas was the second of five Sarajevo suburbs being transferred from Serb to federation control under the terms of the Dayton peace accord.
Sarajevo siege lifted as Ilijas is handed over
Federation police entered the Sarajevo suburb of Ilijas with out incident yesterday, formally lifting the siege of Bosnia's capital…
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