Special Security Forces (Yemen)

Special Security Forces قوات الأمن الخاصة Quwwatul Amn al-Khasah
Flag of the Yemeni Special Security Forces
Agency overview
Formed	1980
Preceding agency	Central Security Organization
Employees	~50,000 (2008)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Yemen
Operational structure
Elected officer responsible	Ibrahim Haidan, Minister of the Interior
Agency executive	Gen. Mohammed Mansour al-Ghadra, Chief-of-Staff
Parent agency	Ministry of Interior
Notables
Significant Engagements	Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen Yemeni revolution Yemeni crisis

The Special Security Forces (Arabic: قوات الأمن الخاصة, romanized: Quwwatul Amn al-Khasah), formerly known until 2013 as the Central Security Organization (Arabic: قوات الأمن المركزي, romanized: Quwwatul 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^[update], 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]