Special Security Forces (Yemen)

Special Security Forces
قوات الأمن الخاصة
Quwwatul Amn al-Khasah
Flag of the Yemeni Special Security Forces
Flag of the Yemeni Special Security Forces
Agency overview
Formed1980
Preceding agency
  • Central Security Organization
Employees~50,000 (2008)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionYemen
Operational structure
Elected officer responsible
Agency executive
  • Gen. Mohammed Mansour al-Ghadra, Chief-of-Staff
Parent agencyMinistry of Interior
Notables
Significant Engagements

The Special Security Forces (Arabic: قوات الأمن الخاصة, romanizedQuwwatul Amn al-Khasah), formerly known until 2013 as the Central Security Organization (Arabic: قوات الأمن المركزي, romanizedQuwwatul Amn al-Markazi), is a paramilitary force in Yemen under the control of the Minister of the Interior and forms a key part of the Yemeni security establishment.[1] The force was some 50,000 strong as of 2008, before the Yemeni crisis began, and SSF units are equipped with a range of infantry weapons and armored personnel carriers. The force also has its own extrajudicial detention facilities.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference MER was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Country profile: Yemen. Library of Congress Federal Research Division (August 2008). Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.