THREE Western-backed rebel groups signed a Russian-Egyptian brokered truce in the southern suburbs of Damascus yesterday.

But Egypt’s official Mena news agency said the deal with the Army of Islam, Jaysh al-Ababil and Aknaf Beit al-Maqdis — allied to Palestine’s Hamas — did not include the Syrian government.

The agreement covers the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp, split between the Western-backed factions and Isis.