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Cambodia Seeks U.N. Action as ThailandCambodia Border Fighting Displaces 500,000

Phnom Penh is asking the Security Council to step in after a U.S.-brokered truce fell apart.

Overview

  • Clashes along the frontier continued with Thai airstrikes reported, and both governments accused each other of hitting civilian areas, claims that remain independently unverified.
  • Authorities on both sides say more than 500,000 people have fled, hundreds of schools are closed, and a Thai hospital was evacuated after ordnance landed nearby.
  • Cambodia has urged the U.N. Security Council to call for an immediate halt to Thai operations and to send an independent mission, alleging serious violations of humanitarian law.
  • President Donald Trump said he plans to speak with both sides on Thursday in a renewed push to halt the fighting after the earlier ceasefire he helped broker collapsed.
  • Thailand’s government has publicly rejected outside mediation and ruled out talks for now, while border crossings are closed and governments have issued travel warnings for the conflict zone.