.htaccess RewriteRule Exception - apache

Question

I have the following rules in my .htaccess file. The problem is when I try to navigate to site.com/news/wp-admin/, it ends up in a redirect loop. From other questions/answers I've read, you can create an exception by using RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/news/wp\-admin/ but this does not resolve the issue. It still redirects. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.
The below .htaccess is in my root.
Options +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
RewriteEngine On
RewriteOptions inherit
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/news/wp\-admin/
RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9\-]+)/?$ index.php?p=$1 [L,NC,QSA,B]
RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9\-]+)/(option1|option2|option3)/?$ index.php?p=$1&type=$2 [L,NC,QSA,B]
RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9\-]+)/(option1|option2|option3)/(.+)$ index.php?p=$1&type=$2&q=$3 [L,NC,QSA,B]
If I comment out RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9\-]+)/?$ index.php?p=$1 [L,NC,QSA,B] it works, but breaks the rest of my site.
This is the .htaccess in /news/ where my WordPress is.
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /news/
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /news/index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress

Answer 1

I assume you have Apache 2 so that mean you have to do it that way:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/?news/wp-admin/
In Apache 2 there is no leading / so we make it optional with /?
and there is no need to escape the - because it have no special meaning.
Edit
Additional removing RewriteOptions inherit will do it, because with this option you apply the same rules to subdirectory and this will cause your loop