Ethiopian Regional Special Forces

Ethiopian Regional Special Forces
Ethiopian Regional Special Forces
የኢትዮጵያ ልዩ ሀይል
Active	2007–present
Country	Ethiopia
Allegiance	Ethiopian Federal Police
Branch	Ethiopian National Defense Force
Type	Paramilitary; Gendarmerie
Role	Reserve army; Counter-insurgency; Internal security
Size	105,000 active personnel; 85,000 reserve personnel; 20,000 paramilitaries;
Equipment	AK-47; AKM; Type 56; RPK; PKM; RPD; DShK; Dragunov SVD; FN FAL; RPG-7; WZ-551
Engagements	Insurgency in Ogaden; Ethiopian civil conflict (2018–present) OLA insurgency; Benishangul-Gumuz conflict; Afar–Somali clashes; Tigray War Al-Fashaga conflict; ; al-Shabaab invasion of Ethiopia; War in Amhara; ;
Commanders
Current; commander	Birhanu Jula (Chief of General Staff)

The Ethiopian Regional Special Forces (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ልዩ ሀይል) is a paramilitary and gendarmerie unit of the Ethiopian National Defense Force. It was first established in 2007 by the order of the federal government in order to counter the insurgency in the Somali Region. it has the specialized task to maintain regional and nationwide security and counter any form of insurgencies and terrorist incidents.

In 2015, the Ethiopian government announced that the Regional Special Forces were fully integrated.

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