A tank is seen in Quasair after the Syrian army took control of the city from rebel fighters in this still image taken from video, June 5, 2013. REUTERS/Al-Manar/Handout via Reuters
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian forces and their Lebanese Hezbollah allies seized control of the border town of Qusair on Wednesday, dealing a strategic defeat to rebel fighters battling for two years to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad.
Outgunned rebels said they had retreated from Qusair, which lies on a vital cross-border supply route with Lebanon, after two weeks of fierce battles that marked the Shi'ite Hezbollah group's deepest involvement yet in Syria's civil war.
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