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	Gendarmerie Reserve army Counter-insurgency Internal security Light infantry
Size	105,000 active personnel 85,000 reserve personnel 20,000 paramilitaries[1]
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 the gendarmerie and paramilitary force 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.^[2]

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