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Thai F-16 Airstrikes and Cambodian Rocket Fire Intensify Border Confrontation

Escalation follows mutual envoy withdrawals, checkpoint closures, landmine blasts along the undemarcated frontier.

In this Sunday, July, 2025, photo released by the Royal Thai Army, Thai soldiers inspect a border area in Ubon Ratchathani†province where the Royal Thai Army said two anti-personnel landmines were found. (Royal Thai Army via AP)
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A man walks near the closed gate at Poipet International border checkpoint between Cambodia and Thailand, at Poipet town in Banteay Meanchey province on June 25, 2025.
A Cambodian BM-21 multiple rocket launcher returns from the Cambodia-Thai border as Cambodian and Thai troops exchanged fire in a new round of clashes in Preah Vihear province on July 24, 2025.

Overview

  • Armed clashes erupted near Ta Muen Thom temple, with both Thai and Cambodian forces accusing the other of firing the first shots.
  • Cambodia launched BM-21 rocket strikes that wounded civilians in Surin province; Thailand countered with an F-16 airstrike on Cambodian military positions.
  • Diplomatic ties have been downgraded to their lowest level after each side recalled and expelled the other’s ambassadors and sealed all checkpoints.
  • The Thai military says newly laid landmines maimed soldiers in Ubon Ratchathani, a claim Phnom Penh rejects as referring to leftover ordnance.
  • Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra remains suspended under an ethics probe into her handling of the crisis, fueling domestic instability.