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Hungarian police spray water on migrants at the "Horgos 2" border crossing into Hungary, near Horgos, Serbia, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015. Small groups of migrants continued to sneak into Hungary on Wednesday, a day after the country sealed its border with Serbia and began arresting people trying to breach the razor-wire barrier, while a first group arrived in Croatia seeking another way into the European Union. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Hungary police repel migrants at Serbia border

By Dusan Stojanovic - Associated Press

Migrants wait on the Serbian side of the border between Hungary and Serbia near Roszke, 180 kms southeast from Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015. (Sandor Ujvari/MTI via AP)

Hungary to deploy army to stop migrants at border

By Vanessa Gera and Pablo Gorondi - Associated Press

A migrant looks and reacts at the closed railway border crossing between Serbia and Hungary, near Horgos, Serbia, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015. Hungary has declared a state of emergency in two of its southern counties bordering Serbia because of the migration crisis, giving special powers to police and other authorities. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Hungary declares emergency, seals border, detains migrants

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC and VANESSA GERA - Associated Press

A migrant enters the territory of Hungary by crossing the temporary protection fence along the Hungarian-Serbian border at Roszke, 180 kms southeast of Budapest, Hungary, Monday, Sept. 7, 2015. (Edvard Molnar/MTI via AP)

Migrants keep entering Hungary as work on fence speeds up

By Balint Szlanko and Pablo Gorondi - Associated Press

A Macedonian police officer blocks migrants in no-man's land between Greece and Macedonia near the southern Macedonian town of Gevgelija, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Wave of EU-bound migrants cross to Serbia from Macedonia

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Razor wire marks the border between Hungary and Serbia, but officials are planning to erect a 109-mile-long, 13-foot-tall fence. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump border wall proposal sparks controversy, but barriers are popular worldwide

By Andrew Nachemson - The Washington Times

In this March 24, 2014, file photo a sentenced Balkan drug lord Darko Saric appears in court for the first time, in Belgrade, Serbia. A Serbian court has sentenced the Balkan drug lord Saric to 20 years in prison for smuggling 5.7 tons of cocaine from South America to Europe. (AP Photo, File)

Darko Saric, Balkan drug lord, gets 20 years for cocaine smuggling

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Kosovars crowd the bus station in the capital city of Pristina. An estimated 50,000 people left Kosovo during January and February in search of better economic opportunities throughout Western Europe, many of them illegally crossing borders. (Valerie Plesch/Special to The Washington Times)

Kosovo political, economic crisis sparks mass exodus of youth seeking jobs, opportunity

By Valerie Plesch - Special to The Washington Times

Helena, a transgender person, stands next to her Serbian army uniform put on display in her friend's apartment Wednesday, April 15, 2015, in Belgrade, Serbia. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)

Transgender army major wins victory in conservative Serbia

By Jovana Gec - Associated Press

Tomislav Nikolic applauds during a pre-election rally in Belgrade, Serbia, in this May 15, 2012, file photo. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Tomislav Nikolic’s plane trouble caused by coffee spill

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Serbia's war crimes prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic gestures during an interview with The Associated Press in Belgrade, Serbia, Wednesday, March 18, 2015. Prosecutors on Wednesday made Serbia's first arrests of people suspected of carrying out killings in the Srebrenica massacre. It is a milestone in healing the wounds of Europe's worst civilian slaughter since World War II. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Srebrenica massacre suspects arrested

By Jovana Gec and Aida Cerkez and Dusan Stojanovic - Associated Press

President Clinton speaks after the signing of the Balkan peace treaty at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Dec. 14, 1995. Clinton called it the day that turned the shattered country "from the horror of war to the promise of peace.'' (AP Photo/Michel Gangne/pool)

BRUCE FEIN: Neocons argue U.S. fights too few wars, but they are wrong

By Bruce Fein

Serbian soccer fans react during the Euro 2016 Group I qualifying match between Serbia and Albania, at the Partizan stadium in Belgrade, Serbia, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014. The 2016 European Championship qualifier between Serbia and Albania was abandoned on Tuesday after skirmishes broke out on the pitch involving players and fans over an Albanian flag that was flown above the stadium by a drone. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Albania-Serbia soccer match turns violent over hovering drone

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

United States' James Harden throws the ball against Serbia's Nikola Kalinic, left, and Serbia's Milos Teodosic during the final World Basketball match between the United States and Serbia at the Palacio de los Deportes stadium in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

U.S. soars past Serbia to repeat as Basketball World Cup champion

By Brian Mahoney - Associated Press

Bosnian soldiers repair mine warning signs in fields near the banks of the river Bosnia, which flooded near the town of Visoko, 30 km north of Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina on Tuesday, May 20, 2014. At least two dozen people have died and tens of thousands of people have been forced from their homes. But in addition to the usual dangers, the flooding has unearthed landmines left over from Bosnia's 1992-95 war and washed away the signs that marked them. (AP Photo/Sulejman Omerbasic) ** FILE **

U.S. to send special landmine disposal team to the Balkans

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Bosnian workers inspect the damage on heavy machinery after devastating flooding at a coal mine in the village of Sikulje near the Bosnian town of Lukavac 140 km north of Bosnian capital of Sarajevo, on Thursday, May 22, 2014. Thousands have been evacuated in Serbia and Bosnia as the emergency services fight with worst floods in a century.(AP Photo/Amel Emric)

Djokovic reunites Balkans in flood aid campaign

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC - Associated Press

A man holds his dog during the evacuation from floods in Obrenovac, some 30 kilometers (18 miles) southwest of Belgrade Serbia, Saturday, May 17, 2014. Record flooding in the Balkans leaves at least 20 people dead in Serbia and Bosnia and is forcing tens of thousands to flee their homes. Meteorologists say the flooding is the worst since records began 120 years ago. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Tons of drowned livestock a new Balkan threat

By AMEL EMRIC - Associated Press

Evacuated people in the tractor trailer leave Obrenovac, some 30 kilometers (18 miles) southwest of Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, May 18, 2014. In Serbia, more than 20,000 people have been forced from their homes. Officials there fear more flooding later Sunday as floodwaters travel down the Sava and reach the country. Serbian officials said that the flood wave might be lower than initially expected, because the river broke barriers upstream in Croatia and Bosnia. Experts said they expect Sava floodwaters to rise for two more days, then subside. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Bosnia flooding triggers landslides, unearth land mines

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Illustration on Putin in Ukraine by TOM, Trouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

KEENE: The Balkans, Ukraine and the law of unintended consequences

By David Keene - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a treaty for Crimea to join Russia during a signing ceremony after his addressing the Federal Assembly in the Kremlin in Moscow, Tuesday, March 18, 2014. President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a treaty to incorporate Crimea into Russia, describing the move as the restoration of historic injustice and a necessary response to what he called the Western encroachment on Russia’s vital interests.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Putin signs treaty to add Crimea to map of Russia

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press