The family of The Sunday Times photographer Paul Conroy say they're "overjoyed and relieved" that he's managed to get out of Syria safely.

He's currently in Lebanon - reportedly along with French reporter Edith Bouvier - who were both trapped in the besieged Syrian city of Homs.

Conroy's colleague Marie Colvin and French photjournalist Remi Ochlik were killed in the same rocket attack last week.