Israel Matzav

British and French journalists 'safe' in Lebanon, smuggled out pictures and videos

Paul Conroy, a British photographer working for the Sunday Times, and Edith Bouvier, a French correspondent for Le Figaro, were reported to have travelled safely out of Syria overnight and were in Lebanon on Tuesday morning. Both were wounded while covering the Syrian army's shelling of Homs last week in an attack that killed Marie Colvin of the Sunday Times and Remi Ochlik, a French photographer.

Let's go to the videotape (Hat Tip: MFS - The Other News).



Israel Radio reports that the reason it was so difficult to get them out is because they refused to be evacuated by the Red Cross (yes, they said Red Cross - not Red Crescent - not clear why) because that would have necessitated going through Damascus and they would have had their photographs and videos confiscated by the Syrian forces.

According to Israel Radio, Conroy and Bouvier were evacuated by the Syrian rebels, who were willing to risk their lives to get them out because of what they were carrying with them. In fact, Israel Radio reports that 23 members of the Free Syrian Army were killed in the evacuation.

More here.

Labels: Homs, Syrian uprising

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 7:32 PM