Suspicion of ISIS Bombing in Sinai Jet Crash Could Bring Strong Russian Retaliation

It’s not definitive that ISIS bombed a Russian charter jet out of the sky over the Sinai Peninsula, but if it did, the incident dramatically raises the stakes for the U.S.-led coalition in its battle against the Islamist terrorist group, security experts said.

 

Among the likely scenarios if it turns out that ISIS has developed the capability to target planes is that Russia would sharply increase its military presence in Syria, where it says it has declared war on the organization.

 

Until Wednesday, U.S. officials had said there was no hard evidence that ISIS or another terrorist group brought down the Metrojet-operated Airbus A321 over Egypt on Saturday, killing all 224 people on board.

 

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