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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 ...
'103nya yekomanido kifili') were the special forces of the Ethiopian Ground Forces under the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. It was activated and began training in January 1987. [1] It was part of the 604th Corps and was described as "the cream of the Ethiopian Army". [2] [3]
[59] [60] During the war, US Special Forces, CIA paramilitary units, and Marine units, supported by American AC-130s and helicopter gunships, directly intervened in support of the ENDF. [55] [61] [62] In early 2007, after the military occupation of Mogadishu and Somali insurgency began, Ethiopian troops launched major offensives in Mogadishu ...
Ethiopian Airlines, meanwhile, announced that flights to. ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -Ethiopia's military has pushed local militiamen out of two major towns in the Amhara region, residents said on ...
The Tigray Defense Forces consist of former members of the gendarmerie Regional Special Forces in the Tigray Region, ENDF defectors, [6] [13] local militia, members of Tigrayan regional political parties including the TPLF, National Congress of Great Tigray, Salsay Weyane Tigray, Tigray Independence Party and others, [14] as well as numerous youth who fled to the mountains [clarification needed].
Ethiopian forces engaged in fierce clashes with al Shabaab fighters near the town of Rab Dhuure in western Somalia on Sunday morning, local residents said. At around 9 a.m. (0600 GMT) local ...
The Ethiopian Republican Guard (Amharic: የሪፐብሊካን ጠባቂ, romanized: lit, lit. 'yerīpebilīkani t’ebak’ī') is an elite praetorian guard unit and the special forces branch of the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF).
The Ethiopian Press Agency reported that Kombolcha General Hospital had been looted and taken out of commission by TDF. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] ENDF and Amhara forces recaptured Hamsuit. [ 38 ] The UN announced that the World Food Programme (WFP) would stop distributing food in Dessie and Kombolcha because its warehouses were robbed at gunpoint by TDF ...