敘利亞政府軍奪回庫賽爾控制權

Syrian forces backed by Hezbollah fighters from neighboring Lebanon have regained full control of Qusair, a strategic city on the Lebanese border where government troops launched an offensive nearly three weeks ago.

Syrian state television said Wednesday the army had defeated "terrorists" -- a term the government uses to describe opposition fighters trying to oust President Bashar al-Assad.

The rebels said they withdrew from Qusair, which they had held for more than a year.
The city is located along a key highway linking the capital, Damascus, to the Mediterranean coast, and is close to rebel smuggling routes along Lebanon's border.
The fighting in Qusair drew in Hezbollah militants, raising international concerns about the spread of the Syrian conflict. Last week, the United Nations Human Rights Council approved a resolution condemning Mr. Assad's government for using "foreign fighters" in Qusair.

Meanwhile, officials from the United Nations, Russia and the United States are holding talks Wednesday in Geneva, as they try to pull together a peace conference to end the crisis.敘利亞政府軍在鄰國黎巴嫩真主黨戰鬥人員的支持下，已經完全收復了黎巴嫩邊境附近戰略重鎮庫賽爾的控制權。近三個星期前，敘利亞政府對庫賽爾發動攻勢。

敘利亞國家電視臺星期三說，敘利亞軍隊擊敗了“恐怖分子” ，敘利亞政府把試圖推翻阿薩德總統的反對派武裝人員稱爲“恐怖分子”。

反政府武裝則表示，他們撤離了庫賽爾。反政府武裝控制庫賽爾一年多。

庫賽爾位於連接首都大馬士革和地中海沿岸的一條重要公路旁，距離反政府武裝的黎巴嫩邊境走私路線不遠。

黎巴嫩真主黨激進分子參與了庫賽爾的戰鬥，國際社會因此而更加關注敘利亞衝突的蔓延態勢。聯合國人權理事會上星期通過一項決議，譴責阿薩德政府在庫賽爾利用外國戰鬥人員。

與此同時，聯合國、俄羅斯和美國的官員星期三在日內瓦舉行會談，爭取召集一次旨在結束敘利亞危機的和平會議。