Srebrenica (Serbian Cyrillic: Сребреница; IPA: /srɛ.brɛ.ni.ʦa/) is a town and municipality in the east of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the Republika Srpska entity. Srebrenica is a small mountain town, its main industry being salt mining and a nearby spa.

During the War in Bosnia (1992–1995), the town became a Bosniak enclave where militias led by Bosniak commander Naser Oric were based. The town was surrounded by Serb army, and a safe area guarded by a small Dutch army unit was operating under the UN mandate for the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR). In July 1995, the town was captured by the Army of Republika Srpska who deported the population of over 20,000 people. The Dutch soldiers, also called Dutchbat, failed to do anything to save them. Srebrenica's surroundings became the site of the genocide in Srebrenica, where approximately eight thousand Bosniak men and boys were executed by the Bosnian Serb Army. Some thousands of people remain missing.

July 11, 2005 marked the 10th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre. Many of the military persons responsible have been indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, with some already serving prison terms. Other ranking military parties as well as responsible political figures are still at large.

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