The Special Intervention Regiment, le Régiment spécial d'intervention (RSI ), in Arabic : ( فوج الخاص التدخل ), is a special forces regiment belonging to the Algerian Republican Guard based in Khemisti in the Tipaza Province.

[1] The Special Intervention Regiment was created in May 2015,[1] by the former chief of staff of the Algerian army Ahmed Gaid Salah in person with the commander of the Republican Guard, the major general Ahmed Mouley Melliani.

Furthermore, it is the armed wing of the Republican Guard and the RSI is also a parachute unit since these operators are trained at the Special Troops Superior School (ESTS) in Biskra.

[2] The RSI has a various mission panel with the hostage rescue to the offensive action in mountain or in the desert, for example.

Then they are trained at the commando instruction center (EFCIP) in Boghar in the Medea province where the training is devoted to field exercises, anti-guerilla combat, shooting, survival in hostile areas, and commando or specialized actions.