Fourteen members of Syrian security forces were killed and at least ten wounded in an ambush involving troops still loyal to ousted president Bashar al-Assad. The incident, the first serious challenge to the new regime in Damascus, took place in Tartus province, a pro-Assad stronghold dominated by the ex-dictator's Alawite religious minority. It came after police attempted to arrest a figure linked to the notorious Sednaya Prison and death camp nicknamed 'the human slaughterhouse'.