Inside Story - Why did Turkey shoot down a Russian plane?

Military analysts and observers have long warned of the dangers of Syria’s “internationalised“ conflict, where a range of world powers are carrying out military action for different ends. On Tuesday, those fears where vindicated when Turkey shot down a Russian fighter jet, ostensibly because it had crossed into Turkish airspace. Turkey has warned Russia before about border incursions, and says it warned the plane ten times before shooting it down. Russia says its jet never crossed into Turkish airspa