Syria's new rebel-led authorities say supporters of ousted President Bashar al-Assad killed 14 interior ministry troops in an ambush in the west of the country.
They say another 10 people were wounded in the fighting near the Mediterranean port of Tartous, a stronghold of Assad's minority Alawite Muslim sect.
Reports say security forces were ambushed as they tried to arrest a former officer in connection with his role in the notorious Saydnaya prison, near the capital, Damascus.
Just over two weeks ago, Assad's presidency fell to rebel forces led by the Islamist faction Hayat Tahrir al-Sham. (A2 Televizion)
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