3 Syrian rebel groups agree to Damascus truce
BEIRUT – Egypt's state media and a representative of a Syrian rebel group are saying that three Syrian opposition factions have reached a cease-fire deal for a southern part of Damascus that has been the scene of recent violence.
The state-run MENA news agency and Mohammed Alloush of the rebel group Jaysh al-Islam, or Army of Islam, said the deal was reached under Egyptian and Russian auspices.
MENA says the deal was signed at the intelligence's headquarters in Cairo on Thursday and went into effect at noon.
