Syria: Paul Conroy 'safe and sound in Lebanon after being smuggled out of Homs' Syrian opposition sources also told Reuters that Edith Bouvier, a French correspondent for Le Figaro, who was with Conroy, has also been freed. On that occasion, the ICRC said that Mr Conroy and Miss Bouvier had "refused to be evacuated" by the Syrian Arab Red Crescent when the group "offered to take them out." The journalists, both of whom have suffered leg injuries, might have been worried about the impartiality of this organisation's local volunteers. Opponents of President Bashar al-Assad believe the Syrian Arab Red Crescent is under the influence of the regime. njured people are often afraid to seek treatment from state hospitals or any organisation linked to the government because they fear the security forces will arrest any patient suspected of opposing the regime.