US urges Russia, Turkey to cool standoff over downed warplane
US president Barack Obama said he’ll make it a “top priority” to prevent the Turkey-Russia standoff from worsening
US President Barack Obama and the NATO military alliance called for a de-escalation of tensions between Turkey and Russia, as their war of words over the downing of a Russian fighter jet threatened to undermine efforts for a united front against Islamic State.
Turkey shot down the plane near its border with northwestern Syria early on Tuesday, drawing an angry rebuke from President Vladimir Putin and marking the first direct clash between foreign ...
