The US and its West allies are committed to a militarily conflict against Russia to maintain their world domination and “global order,” an American analyst says.

A Russian diplomat says the Syrian army has rescued one of the two pilots from the fighter jet downed by Turkey. Russia's ambassador to France says after the pilot managed to escape, he was picked up by Syrian government forces. The Kremlin had already confirmed the death of one of its pilots. However, earlier, the Turkmen militant group fighting the Syrian government claimed to have killed both Russian pilots. As tensions are soaring between Ankara and Moscow, the Russian military says the guided missile cruiser, Moskva, is set to be stationed near Latakia, on Syria’s Mediterranean border. It’s warning that the shooting down would have "the gravest consequences".

US official says Washington believes that the Russian jet downed by Turkey was hit over Syria after a brief incursion into the Turkish airspace.

British foreign secretary says there is a high probability that the Russian flight was bombed by an ISIL supporter.

Neither Russia nor Egypt have responded to FBI’s offer to allegedly help with the A321 crash investigation.

The head of the committee probing the crash of the Russian plane in Egypt says 'a noise' was recorded in the last second of the plane's CVR.

An official with Egypt’s Tourism Ministry raises concerns over a declining tourism industry following the recent crash of a Russian airliner.

​Russian President Vladimir Putin agrees with the Federal Security Service (FSB) to suspend all Russian flights to Egypt.

An American analyst says it is still too early to know for certain what caused the Russian plane crash in Egypt.

Russia's president has described the recent crash of a Russian passenger jet in Egypt as a great tragedy calling for an objective picture of the incident. Vladimir Putin called on investigators to exercise all necessary caution as the site of the crash is prone to terrorist attacks. However, US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has rejected any direct evidence of terrorist involvement in the plane crash. Forensic investigations have begun on bodies brought from the ill-fated plane which was en route to Russia from Egypt. Relatives of the victims who are mostly Russians have been called to identify the remains. Meanwhile, the deputy general director of Metrojet airline which operated the flight has cited an external impact as the only reasonable explanation for the crash.