麻豆社

Turkey says its fighter planes shot down a Russian warplane on the Turkish-Syrian border after repeatedly warning that it was violating Turkish airspace. Moscow says the plane stayed over Syrian territory. The 麻豆社's Middle East editor, Jeremy Bowen ponders what the diplomatic fallout might be.

(Photo: Pilots of a Russian Sukhoi Su-24 fighter jet prepare before a flight at an air base near Latakia, Syria, in this handout photograph released by Russia"s Defence Ministry. Credit: Reuters)