Hundreds flee Thailand-Cambodia border after lethal clashes and air strikes

[ad_1] What's the Thai-Cambodian border dispute all about? printed at 07:13 GMT 07:13 GMT

<img alt="The inside of a damaged house, filled with debris" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/640/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2025/12/8/c425ff0a-29b8-4f2b-948a-cfe402968811.jpg.webp" srcset="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/240/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2025/12/8/c425ff0a-29b8-4f2b-948a-cfe402968811.jpg.webp 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/320/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2025/12/8/c425ff0a-29b8-4f2b-948a-cfe402968811.jpg.webp 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/480/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2025/12/8/c425ff0a-29b8-4f2b-948a-cfe402968811.jpg.webp 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/624/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2025/12/8/c425ff0a-29b8-4f2b-948a-cfe402968811.jpg.webp 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/800/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2025/12/8/c425ff0a-29b8-4f2b-948a-cfe402968811.jpg.webp 800w" width="1021" height="574" class="ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950"/> Picture supply, Getty Photos This dispute dates again greater than a century, to when the borders of the 2 nations had been drawn after the French occupation of Cambodia.

When Cambodia tried to register an eleventh Century temple within the disputed space as a Unesco World Heritage Web site in 2008, it was met with heated protest from Thailand.

Over the following a number of years, these tensions would erupt into sporadic skirmishes on the border, which killed and wounded troopers on either side.

This newest escalation within the battle began in Might, after a Cambodian soldier was killed in a border conflict. Thailand and Cambodia hit one another with antagonistic insurance policies, together with import bans and journey restrictions.

These hostilities culminated in July, when heavy preventing led to the loss of life of greater than 40 folks, together with civilians residing close to the border.

The battle has additionally led to critical political implications.

A leaked telephone name between Thailand's then-Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and former Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, through which she sounded deferential to him within the midst of escalating tensions, sparked heated backlash in Thailand and ultimately led to her resignation.