Brest attack

Brest attack
Part of the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia
Date9 March 2001
Location
Brest, Čučer-Sandevo, Macedonia
Result NLA victory
Territorial
changes		 NLA captures Molino and Brest[1][2]
Belligerents
National Liberation Army  Macedonia
Commanders and leaders
Xhezair Shaqiri[3]
Nazmi Sulejmani[4]		 Law enforcement in the Republic of Macedonia Ljube Boškoski[5]
Law enforcement in the Republic of Macedonia Refet Elmazi[6]
Law enforcement in the Republic of Macedonia Aleksandar Dončev[5]
Units involved
113th Brigade "Ismet Jashari"[7]
Strength
30+ militants (police estimate)[5] 100 police officers[8]
Casualties and losses
1 killed[6] 1 killed[9][5][10][6]

The National Liberation Army (NLA) committed an attack near the village of Brest on 9 March 2001 during the insurgency in Macedonia.[9][11][6] The NLA ambushed a Macedonian convoy, after they were defeated and forced to withdraw by KFOR troops in the village of Tanuševci.

  1. ^ Phillips, John (2004). Macedonia : warlords and rebels in the Balkans. Internet Archive. New Haven, CT : Yale University Press. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-300-10268-0. The rebels had seized the villages of Brest and Malina Mahala in fierce fighting with elite Macedonian 'Wolves' special forces units
  2. ^ Gall, Carlotta (2001-03-10). "Rebel Ambush Traps Macedonian Police and 2 Officials". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-02-02. Rebels abandoned the village of Tanusevci ahead of the operation by American troops on Wednesday night, but they moved into the nearby villages of Molino and Brest.
  3. ^ "Macedonia: Rebels: Ethnic Albanian rebel forces near the border". newsroom.ap.org. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
  4. ^ "Xhezair Shaqiri: Komandant Arusha luftoi në betejat më të vështira të UÇK-së në Brezë, Mateç dhe Haraçinë!". Bota Sot. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  5. ^ a b c d e Cite error: The named reference star was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ a b c d "Macedonian convoy escapes ambush". BBC. 9 March 2001. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Xhezair Shaqiri: Komandant Arusha luftoi në betejat më të vështira të UÇK-së në Brezë, Mateç dhe Haraçinë!". Bota Sot. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
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  9. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference CN was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ Gall, Carlotta (9 March 2001). "G.I.'s Join Macedonians in Fight Against Albanian Rebels". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  11. ^ "Vulnerability of former Yugoslav NATO (Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, and North Macedonia) and non-NATO (Bosnia- Herzegovina, Kosovo, and Serbia) states". Defending Eastern Europe. Manchester University Press. 24 August 2021. doi:10.7765/9781526147578.00013. ISBN 9781526147578. S2CID 242656223. Retrieved 20 November 2022.