Reporters Edith Bouvier and William Daniels have escaped the besieged Syrian city of Homs and are currently in Lebanon, according to AP.

During a European summit in Brussels, French President Nicolas Sarkozy confirmed that he had spoken to Bouvier and that she and Daniels had been smuggled into Lebanon. He added that Bouvier would be flown back to France as soon as doctors allowed, the Guardian reported.

Bouvier, a freelance reporter for Le Figaro newspaper, was injured in the same rocket attack last week that claimed the lives of Marie Colvin and Remi Ochlik. Earlier this week Paul Conroy, a British photographer for the Sunday Times, who was injured in the same attack, was evacuated to Lebanon with the help of Syrian rebels.

The Guardian reported that Javier Espinsoa, a Spanish journalist for El Mundo, who was also trapped in Homs, had escaped to Lebanon on Wednesday, despite reports from the Syrian state-run news agency, claiming that his body had been found. Avaaz, an activist group that helped to arrange and coordinate the evacuation of Conroy and Espinosa, said that Espinsoa was separated from the group as he stopped to help the injured as they faced heavy shelling. He was later reunited with them, and made it safely to Lebanon. According to Avaaz, 13 activists died helping Conroy to safety in Lebanon, the Guardian said.

AP reported that a senior Lebanese official said that a French journalist who was injured last week in Syria was in hospital, receiving treatment, and would fly home later on Friday. Bouvier had sustained multiple leg fractures during the rocket attack on a temporary media centre in Baba Amr in Homs set up by members of the opposition. IPI previously raised concerns about the well-being of Bouvier, as the last time she had been seen was over a week ago in a video appeal on Youtube, pleading for an evacuation.

IPI Press Freedom Manager Anthony Mills said: “IPI is relieved that Edith Bouvier, William Daniels and Javier Espinosa have reached safety in Lebanon. We remain gravely concerned for the other civilians left behind. We would like to pay tribute to the courage and sacrifice of those who made it possible for the journalists to leave, and to the many citizen journalists who continue to provide a key media conduit from Syria to the outside world. In doing so, they show that despite efforts to create a media blackout, information and evidence will continue to seep out.”

IPI continues to be concerned over the well-being of Mazen Darwish and others arrested during a 16 Feb. raid on the Damascus offices of the Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression, and calls for the release of those in custody as a result of their reporting.