Original sentence: Despite the civil wars in neighboring Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia remained peaceful until 1998, although part of its leadership and institutions supported Bosnian and Croatian Serbs who were one of the sides in these wars by arming and directing their troops
Edited sentence: During Croatian War of Independence  Serb forces which has wanted to create border on line Virovitica - Karlobag  has been first stoped and then defeated in 1995.During break-up of Yugoslavia the position of the Serbiaian government was that any region of the other republics in which Serbs were a majority had to be be annexed to Serbia (or new Yugoslavia).During this conquest Serb forces has make genocide and other similar crimes for which Republika Srpska (name of territory taken by Serbs during war) has been declared guilty.On the other hand, in regions region of  Serbia where another nation was in the majority, those regions had to stay inside Serbia on the grounds that they were part of Serbia's historical territory.Serbia home territory has been peacefull in time of this wars although population has been living in poorer and poorer situation because of sanctions and need of Serbia to finance soldiers in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.Serbia on other side has been declared guilty on International Court of Justice for not stoping this crimes.This Serbia position has created 7 war years.War in Bosnia and Herzegovina has finished much better for Serbia because Serb soldiers which has recieved wages and other help from home country has taken half of state