Are the US and Russia headed for a conflict in Syria?

Russia says it will shoot down any aircraft that flies west of the Euphrates River in Syria.

The US military shot down a Syrian fighter jet on Saturday. The White House is insisting the action was taken in self-defence.

But the Russian and Syrian governments have condemned it.

What does this mean for the war in Syria?

Presenter: Sohail Rahman

Guests:

Pavel Felgenhauer – defence and military analyst; a columnist with the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta

Jean-Marc Rickli – head of global risk at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy

Larry Korb – senior fellow at the Centre for American Progress; a former naval flight officer