LONDON: NATO member Turkey shot down a Russian fighter jet on its border with Syria on Tuesday, raising concerns over the potential for a further escalation in the more-than- four-year Syrian conflict.
Ankara says the plane violated Turkish airspace, but Russian President Vladimir Putin has insisted the jet was over Syria at the time of the strike.
Why was the Russian jet there?
Russia is one of several leading powers involved in Syria, where a four-year-old civil war has developed into a proxy war between regional rivals.
Efforts to reach an international peace deal have so far stalled over whether Syrian President Bashar al-Assad …read more
Source: Free Malaysia Today
