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Border Fighting Between Thailand and Cambodia Intensifies with Airstrikes, Civilian Deaths Reported

Cambodia urges international condemnation over what it calls a breach of the October Kuala Lumpur Declaration.

Overview

  • Cambodia’s defense ministry says Thai shelling killed seven civilians and wounded 20 between 8 and 9 December.
  • A Royal Thai Armed Forces representative reports one soldier dead and 29 injured in clashes along the frontier.
  • Thailand carried out air strikes using F-16s against military targets, according to the latest reports.
  • Authorities organized large evacuations from border areas, with about 400,000 Thai residents and 1,157 Cambodian families relocated.
  • Both governments trade accusations over who fired first, while Phnom Penh seeks censure for an alleged violation of the October de-escalation declaration signed in Kuala Lumpur.