Published on Mar 2, 2012 by Euronews
http://www.euronews.net/ Two French journalists have arrived in Lebanon after being smuggled out of the besieged Syrian city of Homs.
Taken to hospital in Beirut, photographer William Daniels and freelance reporter Edith Bouvier are set to be repatriated to France if doctors agree.
Bouvier suffered a serious leg injury during government forces' bombardment of Homs last month. French President Nicolas Sarkozy had already announced her escape from Syria once, only to discover the reports were false. This time there was no mistake.
"Having spoken to Edith Bouvier and knowing precisely where she is, I can confirm that it is official," Sarkozy told reporters in Brussels, where he was attending a European summit. He added that she and Daniels were safe.
Video footage on the Internet appeared to show the burial of US journalist Marie Colvin and French photojournalist Remi Ochlik in Homs, where they were killed in shelling.
But Syrian authorities, whose assault has pushed rebels out of their positions in the city, say they have found the two reporters' remains. These would be DNA tested, state media said, and handed over to foreign embassies in Damascus.
Taken to hospital in Beirut, photographer William Daniels and freelance reporter Edith Bouvier are set to be repatriated to France if doctors agree.
Bouvier suffered a serious leg injury during government forces' bombardment of Homs last month. French President Nicolas Sarkozy had already announced her escape from Syria once, only to discover the reports were false. This time there was no mistake.
"Having spoken to Edith Bouvier and knowing precisely where she is, I can confirm that it is official," Sarkozy told reporters in Brussels, where he was attending a European summit. He added that she and Daniels were safe.
Video footage on the Internet appeared to show the burial of US journalist Marie Colvin and French photojournalist Remi Ochlik in Homs, where they were killed in shelling.
But Syrian authorities, whose assault has pushed rebels out of their positions in the city, say they have found the two reporters' remains. These would be DNA tested, state media said, and handed over to foreign embassies in Damascus.
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