US EditionThailand Launches Airstrikes Along Cambodia Border After Dawn Clashes
Thai airstrikes followed Cambodian attacks that killed soldiers, escalating a century-old border dispute and displacing over 125,000 people, officials said.
- On Dec. 8, the Royal Thai Army launched airstrikes along the disputed border, with the Royal Thai Air Force saying F-16s bombed Cambodian military targets.
- Thai military said early-morning fighting in Ubon Ratchathani province left one soldier killed and four wounded, prompting strikes after Thailand halted parts of the ceasefire last month following a landmine incident.
- More than 385,000 civilians are being evacuated across four border districts, with over 35,000 housed in temporary shelters, while Cambodia's defence ministry said at least four civilians were killed in Oddar Meanchey province.
- Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim urged both sides to exercise restraint, Cambodia's Ministry of National Defence condemned Thailand's actions, and Bangkok said operations would continue to neutralise threats.
- The long-running border dispute has repeatedly flared, including a five-day war in July that killed 43 and displaced around 300,000, while the October ceasefire in Kuala Lumpur witnessed by U.S. President Donald Trump began fraying within weeks.
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In October Thailand and Cambodia agreed a ceasefire agreement, and now the border between the two countries is once again fiercely fighting. Both sides report on the deaths and numerous displaced persons.
The Thai military continued shelling of Cambodian targets overnight, killing two more civilians, the Cambodian Defense Ministry said today. This brings the number of Cambodian civilian casualties in the renewed outbreak of violence to seven, according to Phnom Penh. Thailand said two more of its soldiers were killed in the fighting.
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