Battle of Orizare

Battle of Orizare
Part of the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia
Date 3 May – 11 June Location Orizare, Macedonia Result NLA victory
Belligerents
National Liberation Army	Macedonia
Commanders and leaders
Xhezair Shaqiri Jakup Asipi Beqir Sadiku	Boris Trajkovski Ljubčo Georgievski Ljube Boškoski Blagoja Markovski Siniša Stoilov †
Units involved
113th Brigade	Macedonian Army Macedonian Police Macedonian Air force
Strength
17 insurgents[1]	Unknown T-55 Tanks Mi-24 gunships
Casualties and losses
Unknown	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).