MOSCOW (AP) — Turkey shot down a Russian warplane on Tuesday that it said ignored repeated warnings and crossed into its airspace from Syria, killing at least one of the two pilots in a long-feared escalation in tensions between Russia and NATO. Russian President Vladimir Putin denounced what he called a "stab in the back" and warned of "significant consequences."
The shoot down — the first time in half a century that a NATO member has downed a Russian plane — prompted an emergency meeting of the alliance. The incident highlighted the chaotic complexity of Syria's civil war, where multiple groups with clashing alliances are fighting on the ground and the sky is crowded with aircraft bombing various targets.
BOSTON – U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton and Gov. Charlie Baker have patched up a rift over dealing with Syrian refugees which erupted last week after the Nov. 13 terrorist attacks in Paris.
"We had a very good phone call at the end of last week," Moulton, a Democrat from Marblehead, told reporters Tuesday at the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition in Boston, after he sat in on a roundtable discussion with refugees, advocates and Baker aides. "I think the fact the governor was willing to send representatives here today to listen is exactly what we need to do."
