Timeline of the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia

Combatants


 * NLA—National Liberation Army
 * ANA—Albanian National Army
 * ARM—Macedonian Army
 * MVR—Macedonian police
 * NATO—North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Organizations


 * ICTY—International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
 * OSCE—Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
 * HRW—Human Rights Watch

Background

 * 5 April 1992; Declaration of the Republic of Ilirida.
 * 6 November 1992; Bit Pazar Shooting, three Albanian and one Macedonian civilians killed.
 * 15 February 1995: Opening of an illegal Albanian university in Mala Rečica, 1 Albanian civilian was killed in clashes with the police.
 * 1996; 1996 Albanian riots in Macedonia
 * 1997; 1997 Albanian riots in Macedonia
 * 9 July 1997; Gostivar and Tetovo Unrest, 4 killed, 70 wounded and 312 arrested.
 * 7 April 1999; Blace incident, One Macedonian soldier killed by a KLA sniper on the border.
 * 11 January 2000; Aračinovo ambush, Three Macedonian policemen killed by Albanian rebels.

Insurgency

 * 22 January 2001; Tearce attack, NLA victory.
 * 13 February 2001; A Macedonian traffic policeman in Slupčane was run over and killed by the NLA
 * 26 February 2001 – 1 March 2001; Battle of Tanuševci, NLA victory.
 * 4 March 2001; Tanuševci ambush, NLA victory.
 * 8 March 2001; Tanuševci operation, NATO-ARM victory.
 * 10 March 2001; Brest attack, NLA victory.
 * 16 March–13 August 2001; Battle of Tetovo, NLA victory.
 * 25–27 March 2001; Operation MH, ARM victory.
 * 28–29 March 2001; Operation MH-1, ARM victory.
 * 14 April 2001; An anti-tank mine killed one and wounded three British soldiers in their armored personnel carrier in the village of Krivenik near Kosovo's border with Macedonia
 * 28 April 2001; Vejce ambush, NLA victory.
 * 3 May–6 June 2001; Battle of Vaksince, NLA victory.
 * 3 May–11 June 2001; Battle of Slupčane, NLA victory.
 * 3 May–11 June 2001; Battle of Orizare, NLA victory.
 * 8 May–11 June 2001; Lipkovo crisis, NLA victory
 * 8 May 2001; Operation MH-2, Operation halted.
 * 22 May 2001; Lisec ambush, NLA failure.
 * 1 June 2001; Lisec clashes
 * 24–26 May 2001; Battle of Lojane, ARM-MVR victory.
 * 24 May–6 June 2001; Battle of Matejče, NLA victory.
 * 5 June 2001; Gajre ambush, NLA victory.
 * 12–25 June 2001; Aračinovo crisis, Ceasefire.
 * 20 June–13 August 2001; Battle of Raduša, Ceasefire.
 * 27 June–5 July 2001; Battle of Nikuštak, Ceasefire.
 * 7 August 2001; 2001 Skopje police raid, MVR victory.
 * 8 August 2001; Karpalak ambush, NLA and ANA victory.
 * 8–9 August; 2001 anti-Albanian protests
 * 10 August 2001; Ljuboten ambush, 8 Macedonian soldiers killed by NLA.
 * 12 August 2001; Ljuboten massacre, 10 Albanian civilians killed by the Macedonian police led by Johan Tarčulovski.
 * 13 August 2001; Ohrid Agreement.

Aftermath

 * 22 August 2001; Operation Essential Harvest, NATO success, NLA disarmed by NATO forces
 * 22 September 2001 – 15 December 2002; Operation Amber Fox
 * 11 November 2001; Treboš ambush
 * 25 March 2002; Mala Rečica clash, inconclusive
 * 1 July – December 2004 - 2 February – August 2005; Kondovo Crisis conflicts resolved diplomatically
 * 20 July 2005; Vratnica police station attack, part of the Vratnica police station was damaged by shells
 * 7 November 2007; Operation Mountain Storm Macedonian government victory
 * 5 March 2010; Kosovo-Macedonian border shootout (March 2010) Macedonian police victory
 * 29 April 2010; Kosovo-Macedonian border shootout (April 2010) ANA victory
 * 29–30 April 2010; Blace bunker raid Macedonian police victory
 * 11th, May 2010; Raduša shootout Macedonian police victory
 * 28 October 2014; 2014 Macedonian government building attack Part of the government facade was damaged
 * 21 April 2015; Gošince attack Hostages released
 * 9–10 May 2015; 2015 Kumanovo clashes Macedonian government victory