Tanuševci operation

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]

Tanuševci operation
Part of the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia
Date 8 March 2001 Location Tanuševci, Macedonia, Kosovo border region Result KFOR-Macedonian victory[1] Territorial changes Macedonia regains control over Tanuševci
Belligerents
NATO  Macedonia	National Liberation Army
Units involved
KFOR Macedonian army	Unknown
Strength
300 peacekeepers[1] Unknown	150 insurgents[2]
Casualties and losses
None None[3]	Unknown[1][4]

References

1. 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. "US Troops Take over Rebel-Held Macedonian Village". albawaba. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
3. 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. Gall, Carlotta (9 March 2001). "G.I.'s Join Macedonians in Fight Against Albanian Rebels". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
5. "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.