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The 2001 insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia was an armed conflict which began when the ethnic Albanian National Liberation Army (NLA) insurgent group, formed from veterans of the Kosovo War and insurgency in the Preševo Valley, attacked Macedonian security forces at the end of January 2001, and ended with the Ohrid Agreement, signed on 13 August of that same year.
22 August 2001; Operation Essential Harvest, NATO success, NLA disarmed by NATO forces 1 September 2001; Hundreds of ethnic Macedonians, mainly internally displaced people, protested in front of the government building in Skopje against NATO's alleged pro-Albanian involvement and to keep members of parliament from initiating parliamentary procedures for the implementation of the Ohrid agreement.
The Battle of Tetovo (Macedonian: Битка за Тетово, romanized: Bitka za Tetovo, Albanian: Beteja e Tetovës), was the largest engagement during the 2001 insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia, in which Macedonian security forces battled the National Liberation Army (NLA) for control of the city.
Civil war is ongoing; 2001 insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia (2001) Republic of Macedonia: National Liberation Army Albanian National Army: Ohrid Agreement. Macedonian offensive stopped by NATO involvement; The majority of Albanian insurgents agree to disarm in exchange for greater ethnic rights; War in Afghanistan (2001–2014) Part of ...
The Macedonian attack resulted in a standoff with NATO, whose troops evacuated the besieged rebels after a ceasefire accord. The crisis is considered to be the turning point in the Macedonian war of 2001, [8] and one of its most controversial incidents. [9]
The Vejce ambush (Macedonian: Вејце заседа, romanized: Vejce zaseda), also known as the Vejce massacre (Macedonian: Масакрот во Вејце, romanized: Masakrot vo Vejce), was carried out by the National Liberation Army against a convoy consisting of Macedonian special forces near the village of Vejce during the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia.
Macedonian tanks, artillery, and combat helicopters were actively engaged in operations against the NLA in a cluster of villages in northeastern Macedonia. The focal points of the Macedonian Army's efforts were concentrated on Vaksince and Slupčane. [11] On May 28, Macedonian tanks and long-range artillery bombarded Orizare and Slupčane.
The Karpalak ambush (Macedonian: Заседа кај Карпалак; Albanian: Pritë në Karpalak), referred to by Macedonians as the Karpalak massacre (Macedonian: Масакр кај Карпалак), [2] was an attack carried out by the National Liberation Army (NLA) against a convoy of the Army of the Republic of Macedonia (ARM) near the village of Grupčin on 8 August 2001 during the ...