Clashes erupted Friday between Syrian government troops and rebels in the province of Daraa near the border with Jordan, opposition activists said dpa reported
"Two soldiers from the regime troops have been killed in the clashes that are going on in Daraa," Haithem al-Omari, a Syrian activist based in the area, told dpa.
Daraa was the birthplace of pro-democracy protests that started against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad in March 2011.
Elsewhere, Syrian government troops beefed up their presence inside the restive neighbourhood of Baba Amr in the province of Homs, which they seized Thursday after rebels made what they called a tactical retreat from the area, according to activists.
Syrian state television showed footage from Baba Amr on Friday and said the area had been "cleansed from terrorists."
Later in the day, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Syrian Red Crescent were due to enter Baba Amr to deliver food and medical supplies.
Wounded French journalist Edith Bouvier arrived in the Lebanese capital of Beirut early Friday, after she was smuggled out of Homs.
Bouvier had been admitted into the French Hospital in Beirut, sources at the French embassy told dpa.
"She is resting. Doctors will decide if she will be able to travel later on Friday. A private French plane is waiting at Beirut airport to take her home," the sources added.