Syrian army soldiers and tanks were a visible presence on the streets of Qusair on Wednesday having earlier taking control of the city from rebel fighters in a significant advance for President Bashar al-Assad's forces in the country's civil war.<br/> <br />Hezbollah television station Al-Manar showed large numbers of soldiers on the streets as well as tanks and diggers clearing rubble as tanks moved around the damaged clock-tower in the centre of the city.<br/> <br />There was no sign of civilians with deserted cars and damaged buildings seemingly empty.<br/> <br />Rebels said they had pulled out of Qusair, which lies on a cross-border supply route with neighbouring Lebanon and where they had fought fierce battles with government forces and Hezbollah guerrillas for more than two weeks.<br/> <br />More than 80,000 people have been killed in the fighting and another 1.6 million Syrians refugees have fled a conflict which has fueled sectarian tensions across the Middle East, spilled over into neighbouring L
