Tanuševci operation
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| Tanuševci operation | |||||||||
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| Part of the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia | |||||||||
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File:Flag of NATO.svg NATO File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg Macedonia | File:Uck Nla logo.svg National Liberation Army | ||||||||
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File:Flag of the Kosovo Force.svg KFOR Army of the Republic of Macedonia Macedonian army | File:Uck Nla logo.svg Unknown | ||||||||
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File:Coat of arms of the Kosovo Force.svg 300 peacekeepers[1] Army of the Republic of Macedonia Unknown | File:Uck Nla logo.svg 150 insurgents[2] | ||||||||
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File:Coat of arms of the Kosovo Force.svg None Army of the Republic of Macedonia None[3] | File:Uck Nla logo.svg Unknown[1][4] | ||||||||
The Tanuševci operation was a joint Macedonian-KFOR operation to regain control of the village of Tanuševci which was previously infiltrated by NLA rebels. The operation was successful with NATO-led KFOR forces capturing the village and Macedonian Army units sweeping the area and ambushing the retreating NLA.[1][2][5][4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Gall, Carlotta (8 March 2001). "NATO Troops Help Macedonians Drive Away Ethnic Albanian Rebels". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
He said that the Albanians had opened fire first and the Macedonian troops had responded when attacked. American officers who tracked the shooting from their positions told reporters they thought the Albanians had run into an ambush.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "US Troops Take over Rebel-Held Macedonian Village". albawaba. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ↑ Neofotistos, Vasiliki P (2012). "Chapter 2. The Eruption of the 2001 Conflict". The Risk of War: Everyday Sociality in the Republic of Macedonia. University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 37–46. ISBN 9780812206562.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Gall, Carlotta (9 March 2001). "G.I.'s Join Macedonians in Fight Against Albanian Rebels". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ↑ "One dead in Macedonia attack". CNN. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
Around 50 ethnic Albanian rebels were forced by troops from the NATO-led KFOR force to withdraw from of Tanusevci, which straddles the Kosovo-Macedonian border.