Serbs wanted to form a political entity of Republic Srpska so the towns and villages around Srebrenica were a first priority to them whithout which they would not be able to form this entity.
Operations of ethnic cleansing against those who are not Sarbs began at the eastern Bosnian regions which were safe cities at that time.
That inhuman ugly process lead to houses demolishing, looting, beatings and even killings in several towns and villages in eastern & central Bosnia, Kirsika, Sanagova and Zvoranik & led to the death of 1156, according to the Bosnian government.
Bosniak Muslims were killed and families of men and women were separated in military camps or forced to flee to Srebrenica.
BUT Was Srebrenica a safe haven for them ..?
Serbs military and paramilitary forces were able to control the neighbouring region and parts of eastern Bosnia and they controled over Srebrenica for several weeks early in 1992 which led to the killing of civilians and the expulsion of Bosniaks in May of the same year.
The Bosnian government was able to restore the town under the command of Nasir Orić and over the remainder of the period in 1992, it was able to strengthen its control over Srebrenica.
By 1993, it was able to contact the Bosniaks and linked Zepa to the south and west of Cerska.
Bosnian forces attacked a base of an important strategy for the Serbs in the village of Kravica but the judgement by the Court of Naser Orić that has been issued in this process said that the prosecution did not provide convincing evidence that the Bosnian forces are responsible since the Serbian forces used artillery in the fighting in villages surrounding Srebrenica and military aircraft.
However, the Serbs seized Konjvec polji and Cerska and reduced the size of the town of Srebrenica to 150 square kilometers.
In March 1993, the French General Ellen Murillo who was the commander of the UN saving forces visited Srebrenica.
At that time the city was suffering from the effects of the siege and the serbs doings that has destroyed the water supply and lead for food, medicine and other necessities to be extremely rare.
Before leaving Murillo said to the residents of Srebrenica
"I will never abandon you"
In April, thousands of Bosnians were evacuated from Srebrenica under the auspices of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, which was opposed by the Bosnian government.
In Sarajevo, the Security Council of the UN announced the resolution No. 819 which called on all parties and others concerned to be treat Srebrenica and its environs as safe zones that should be free from any armed attack or any other act of hostilities then in the same month, the first United Nations troops reached to Srebrenica.
To be continued ,,,,,,,,
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