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but some who tried never made it, like this 14 year old boy from syria, who was travelling with his 16 year old brother. they were among five migrants who became the first to die in the channel this year. 0ur paris correspondent, andrew harding, has tracked down the boys family to try to discover how they got to the french coast and why they wanted to come to the uk. we ve come to the spot where it all went wrong. the first drownings of the year here on the french coast. two survivors are showing me where their friends got into trouble late at night, trying to scramble onto a small boat. one of them was a 14 year old boy called 0bada. he was scared and not for the first time. they re pointing to where 0bada, the m year old, disappeared and drowned just so close to shore. he couldn t swim. 0bada was syrian and this, as far as we can establish, is his story, a story that ended here two weeks ago. french rescuers arriving too late to drag him from the icy waters alive. 0bada, h
paul adams has more. the americans say the attack happened at a base known as tower 22, right on the syrian jordanian border. it s one of many american bases across the region. there have been dozens of drone and missile attacks in recent months, but no american personnel have been killed until now. joe biden, seen here attending church, was quick to point the finger. we know it was carried out by radical iran backed militant groups operating in syria and iraq, he said. it s not necessarily a tipping point into uncontrolled escalation between the united states and iran, but it s another very dangerous step because, as i say, the us will have to respond even more strongly than it s done to previous attacks. carefully cultivated over years, iran has a wide network of allies and proxies operating in countries across the middle east. they re all opposed to israel and the united states. it s sometimes called the axis of resistance. there are pro iranian militias in lebanon, the
since israel s retaliation for the october 7th attacks, us military bases in syria and iraq have been attacked more than 170 times. the group behind the deaths at the tower 22 base called islamic resistance in iraq are part of an iranian sponsored network across the middle east. known as the axis of resistance , there s a number of pro iranian militias based in iraq, syria, lebanon, the palestinian territories and as far south as yemen. all are opposed to israel and the united states. from washington our north america editor sarah smith has the latest. in the situation room, president biden with his defence secretary is considering his military reaction. we are told he is weighing his options. he needs to retaliate, but without causing more conflict. we do not seek another war. we do not seek to escalate. but we will absolutely do what is required to protect ourselves, to continue that mission and to respond appropriately to these attacks. shortly after he learned of t
together they have been targeted over 150 times, since october 7, by iranian linked proxies. yesterday the target was tower 22, a us outpost onjordan s north eastern border with syria. an enemy drone hit the living quarters on base killing three soldiers and injuring at least 3a others. according to cbs, the drone was flown in at the same time as a us drone was returning to base from a mission. reportedly the air defence system had been switched off to allow the american drone in, but that also let in the enemy drone which flew in on a much flatter trajectory. washington has blamed iranian backed militant groups with president biden saying this weekend the us would choose when and how to hit back. i want to point out that we had a tough day last night. we lost three brave souls on an attack on one of our bases. we shall respond. in the last hour, the white house national security spokesman, john kirby, said washington was not seeking a wider conflict in the middle east. we do