Conflict: | Tanuševci operation |
Place: | Tanuševci, Macedonia, Kosovo border region |
Date: | 8 March 2001 |
Combatant1: | NATO |
Combatant2: | National Liberation Army |
Result: | KFOR-Macedonian victory |
Territory: | Macedonia regains control over Tanuševci |
Strength1: | 300 peacekeepers Unknown |
Strength2: | 150 insurgents[1] |
Units1: | KFOR Macedonian army |
Units2: | Unknown |
Casualties1: | None None[2] |
Casualties2: | Unknown |
Partof: | the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia |
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.[3] [1] [4] [5]