![Russia needs a face-saving way to back down on this and the Turks will give Russia a way to do that, analysts say [AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/c2835999b2e745c2ba899f304814e223_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
The Turkey-Russia showdown highlights ambiguities in the joint war efforts against ISIL.
From: Inside Story
Can Turkey and Russia resolve their dispute?
Tension is escalating between Moscow and Ankara after the downing of a Russian fighter jet by Turkish forces.
30 Nov 2015
Related
![Russia claims that the Su-24 did not cross the Syria-Turkey border and was, therefore, illegally attacked [File: Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/fbd2dacfeffc40d9a0cf430cd64faf6f_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Russia should not be surprised that one of its jets was shot down by Turkey near the Syrian border.
![Devices are displayed at the research lab of the Israeli firm Cellebrite's technology on November 9, 2016 in the Israeli city of Petah Tikva. It only takes a few seconds for an employee of Cellebrite's technology, one of the world's leading hacking companies, to take a locked smartphone and pull the data from it [Jack Guez/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/000_HY7PK.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![The kind of racism Prince Philip exudes is reminiscent of the very spirit of British and other European imperialism at its height, writes Dabashi [Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/9c3ddf475c7744f5b811b383cf8d68ac_18.jpeg?resize=170%2C113)
![An Indian soldier looks towards the snow-covered Pir Panjal range in the Himalayas from a forward post at LoC between India and Pakistan, in Poonch, Indian-administered Kashmir [File: Channi Anand/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AP_20366361034650.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![Uniformed officers are seen on Sanchaung street in Yangon, Myanmar in this still image taken from a social media video on Monday night [Supplied/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2021-03-09T015838Z_1150975342_RC2D7M9PG6KB_RTRMADP_3_MYANMAR-POLITICS.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
