This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on . It last changed over 40 days ago and won't be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-17188791
The article has changed 11 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
Version 1 | Version 2 |
---|---|
Syria unrest: UK photographer Paul Conroy out of Homs | Syria unrest: UK photographer Paul Conroy out of Homs |
(40 minutes later) | |
British Sunday Times photographer Paul Conroy is no longer in Syria, having been smuggled out of the besieged city of Homs. | |
He was evacuated from the Baba Amr district on Monday with help from the Syrian opposition and Free Syria Army fighters, diplomats told the BBC. | |
The whereabouts of the French Le Figaro journalist Edith Bouvier remain unclear. | The whereabouts of the French Le Figaro journalist Edith Bouvier remain unclear. |
The two were wounded in an attack on a makeshift media centre last Wednesday. | |
American Sunday Times journalist Marie Colvin and French photojournalist Remi Ochlik were killed. | |
The Syrian Red Crescent said earlier that it had reached Baba Amr on Monday, bringing out three Syrians, including a pregnant woman, her husband and an elderly female patient, but that it had been unable to bring out the Western journalists or the bodies of their colleagues. | |
Reports on Tuesday said Homs had come under some of its heaviest bombardment yet, with the government sending in units of an elite armoured division into rebel-held districts to try to end the three-week-long offensive. | |
It comes as the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) begins an emergency session in Geneva to discuss the deteriorating humanitarian and security situation in Syria. | |
'Warning shot' | 'Warning shot' |
Mr Conroy's father, Les, confirmed reports that his 47-year-old photographer son was safely out of Syria. | |
"We've just had word from Beirut. I've got it on the other phone in my other hand," he was quoted by the Press Association as saying. | "We've just had word from Beirut. I've got it on the other phone in my other hand," he was quoted by the Press Association as saying. |
The movements of Devon-based Paul Conroy had been shrouded in discretion because of fears for his safety, the BBC's Jim Muir reports from Beirut. | |
Syrian opposition sources said he was smuggled out of Baba Amr on Monday and taken through the Syrian countryside before crossing the border into Lebanon during the night. | |
In a video posting a few days ago, Mr Conroy said he had received "three large wounds" to his leg and was being treated by Free Syria Army medical staff. | |
Ms Bouvier was more seriously wounded, suffering multiple leg fractures. | |
Some reports on Tuesday suggested she too had been smuggled into Lebanon, but other reports said she may not have been evacuated from Baba Amr. | |
There has been no word either on what has happened to the bodies of Marie Colvin and Remi Ochlik. | |
Ms Colvin's mother Rosemarie told the BBC's Today programme of her hope that her daughter's body could be brought home. "I want my daughter back and I can't rest myself, I can't have peace in my life, with my daughter's remains in that country," she said. | |
Checkpoint deaths | |
The Syrian government appears to have stepped up its offensive against rebels across the country - sending forces into several towns in northern Syria for the first time. | |
As many as 125 people died across Syria on Monday, many of them in a single incident at a checkpoint in Homs, the Local Co-ordination Committees (LCC), an activists' group said. However, it is difficult to independently verify the death tolls and individual incidents as media access across the country is tightly restricted. | As many as 125 people died across Syria on Monday, many of them in a single incident at a checkpoint in Homs, the Local Co-ordination Committees (LCC), an activists' group said. However, it is difficult to independently verify the death tolls and individual incidents as media access across the country is tightly restricted. |
Members of the UN Human Rights Council are due to discuss a confidential report that names Syrian officials believed to be responsible for atrocities. | |
French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said: "The task of the council is to express the disgust of the entire world at the odious crimes that the Syrian state is committing against its people." | French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said: "The task of the council is to express the disgust of the entire world at the odious crimes that the Syrian state is committing against its people." |
He has urged the 47 nations in the council to be prepared to submit a complaint against Syria to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. | |
A UN panel of experts last week delivered a confidential list of Syrian army officers and government officials who could be investigated for crimes against humanity. | A UN panel of experts last week delivered a confidential list of Syrian army officers and government officials who could be investigated for crimes against humanity. |
Their report found that Syria had become increasingly militarised, and they accused security forces of gross and systematic human rights violations. | Their report found that Syria had become increasingly militarised, and they accused security forces of gross and systematic human rights violations. |
"The day will come when the civilian and military authorities in Syria, in particular President Assad himself, will need to answer for their actions," Mr Juppe said. | "The day will come when the civilian and military authorities in Syria, in particular President Assad himself, will need to answer for their actions," Mr Juppe said. |