By Adam Rasgon Syria’s new administration has stepped up its campaign to track down and arrest members of the ousted regime of Bashar al-Assad, signaling that it would act with a heavy hand against people suspected of atrocities against Syrians.

Syria's new rebel-led authorities say supporters of ousted President Bashar al-Assad have killed 14 interior ministry troops in an "ambush" in the west of the country. They say 10 other troops were wounded in the fighting on Tuesday near the Mediterranean port of Tartous, a stronghold of Assad's minority Alawite Muslim sect.