French journalist Edith Bouvier evacuated from Homs

French journalist Edith Bouvier has been evacuated from Syria and is now safely in Lebanon, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said today.

“I am glad this nightmare is ending. The negotiations were not terribly easy, they really weren’t,” Sarkozy told BFM TV during a campaign trip to the southern city of Montpellier.

Asked about attempts to move Bouvier to safety, he said: “I’ve been informed that it’s been carried out.”

Bouvier was injured on Wednesday when Syrian government forces bombed a makeshift media centre in the besieged city of Homs, alongside British photographer Paul Conroy, Times correspondent Marie Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik.

Both Bouvier and Conroy – who was safely evacuated from Homs yesterday – were injured during the attack. Colvin and Ochlik were killed.

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