Operation MH-1 was a Macedonian military operation with the goal to clear out the NLA rebels from the Skopska Crna Gora region all along the Macedonian border.[4][11] The offensive started on March 28, 2001, and ended the next day.
^Smith, Jeffery. "Shelling Hits Kosovo Village". The Washington Post. Retrieved 22 January 2023. The attack, which also wounded 16 residents, occurred as Macedonian government forces across the border pressed an offensive against Albanian guerrillas, many of whom have fled north across remote mountain passes into Kosovo. According to residents, about 20 of the rebels had passed near the village the previous night.
^"Macedonia Rebels: It's Not Over Yet". CBS news. 25 March 2001. Retrieved 22 January 2023. The fighting was continuing and retreating rebels were firing on Macedonian security forces, government officials added. But the rebels no longer held any villages and had inflicted no casualties on Macedonian forces, they said. Commander Sokoli, one of several regional rebel leaders, said senior commanders of the movement decided at a late afternoon meeting that they would strike back to reverse government progress made during a series of offensives that included the use of artillery, tanks and helicopter gunships. In contrast to government claims of victory, the rebels suggest they have merely pulled back and regrouped in the rugged and largely inaccessible hills near Tetovo.
^Phillips, John (2004). Macedonia: Warlords and Rebels in the Balkans. London: I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd. ISBN1-86064-841-X. Retrieved 2014-09-29. Staunch resistance by 100 NLA fighters cornered in the Gracani area after the Tetovo fighting continued to embarrass the ARM, whose infantry units seemed extremely reluctant to engage in an open battle.
Macedonia
National Liberation Army
Boris Trajkovski
Pande Petrovski
Ljube Boškoski
Robert Petkovski