Military clash between Thailand, Cambodia escalates at border
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Cambodia and Thailand forces fought each other for the third day over contested territory as the death toll rose to at least 32 as both sought a cease-fire.
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Thailand says at least 9 are dead following fighting that broke out with Cambodian soldiers along the border. The fighting is triggered by a border dispute between the two Southeast Asian countries.
Thailand launched air strikes on Cambodian military targets on Thursday as Cambodia fired rockets and artillery, killing at least 11 civilians, in a dramatic escalation of a long-running border row between the two neighbours.
The squabble has dragged on for decades, flaring into bloody military clashes more than 15 years ago and again in May, when a Cambodian soldier was killed.
The neighbors both blame each other for triggering fresh violence over the disputed Emerald Triangle region. At least eleven civilians have been killed and several injured.
Thailand and Cambodia are battling it out, over small pieces of contested territory along their shared border, in a serious escalation of a months-long standoff. The World’s Patrick Winn joins Host Carolyn Beeler to explain what’s behind these clashes.
Thai and Cambodian soldiers clashed in several areas along their border Thursday in a major escalation of their conflict that left at least 11 people dead, mostly civilians.
Cambodian and Thai troops exchanged fire in a new round of clashes on Thursday, hours after the two sides downgraded diplomatic relations in an escalating
Tensions along the disputed Thai-Cambodian border are flaring once again, with both sides exchanging blame for the escalation. The decades-old conflict reaches back to the colonial era.
By Helen Regan, Jessie Yeung, Kocha Olarn, CNN Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — Deadly violence has flared up once again on the contentious border between Thailand and Cambodia, reigniting a long-running but little-known dispute.
At least 12 people have died in escalating violence along the Thailand-Cambodia border, with Thailand sending F-16 jets and both nations severing diplomatic ties.
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