Battle of Orizare

Battle of Orizare
Part of the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia
Date3 May – 11 June 2001
Location
Orizare, Macedonia
Result NLA victory
Belligerents
National Liberation Army  Macedonia
Commanders and leaders
Xhezair Shaqiri
Jakup Asipi
Beqir Sadiku		 Boris Trajkovski
North Macedonia Ljubčo Georgievski
Law enforcement in the Republic of Macedonia Ljube Boškoski
Army of the Republic of Macedonia Blagoja Markovski
Army of the Republic of Macedonia Siniša Stoilov †
Units involved
113th Brigade Army of the Republic of Macedonia Macedonian Army
Law enforcement in the Republic of Macedonia Macedonian Police
Macedonian Air force
Strength
17 insurgents[1] Army of the Republic of Macedonia Unknown
Army of the Republic of Macedonia T-55 Tanks
Army of the Republic of Macedonia Mi-24 gunships
Casualties and losses
Unknown Army of the Republic of Macedonia Unknown
Orizare Mosque destroyed by Macedonian shelling

The Battle of Orizare (Macedonian: Битката кај Оризаре, Albanian: Beteja e Orizares) was a military engagement between the Macedonian security forces and Albanian insurgents belonging to the National Liberation Army (NLA).

  1. ^ Бубевска, Александра (2006). Женската страна на приказната: лични приказни за кризата во Македонија, 2001 (in Macedonian). Evro-Balkan Press. ISBN 978-9989-136-46-7.