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Thai army says exchanged fire with Cambodia at border
Thailand alleges a Cambodian grenade round near Sisaket patrol violated the December ceasefire, while Cambodia denies claims and calls them fabricated to provoke tension.
- On Tuesday, February 24, 2026, Thailand's army said it exchanged fire with Cambodian forces, accusing a breach of the December truce.
- Thai officials said the shot involved a single 40 mm grenade round near a Thai patrol in Sisaket province, and a preliminary Thai assessment of troop rotation suggested new Cambodian personnel unfamiliar with command rules contributed to the incident.
- Neth Pheaktra, Cambodia's Information Minister, called the allegations 'entirely false' and warned that unilateral claims 'risk misrepresenting the situation on the ground and undermining mutual trust.'
- Liaison teams from Cambodian and Thai militaries promptly discussed reports of explosions and gunfire, while Thai forces said they fired an M79 grenade launcher in self-defence.
- Decades-Long tensions have recently flared into deadly clashes in the century-old Cambodia–Thailand border dispute over a French colonial-era demarcation of an 800-kilometre frontier, with last year's clashes in July and December killing dozens and displacing more than a million.
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Bangkok and Phnom Penh have long opposed their 800-kilometre border, decided during the French colonial period.
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Leaning Left5Leaning Right7Center4Last UpdatedBias Distribution44% Right
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- 44% of the sources lean Right
44% Right
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C 25%
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