Thailand launches airstrikes on Cambodia
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And it seems to have fallen apart completely on December 8th, when Thailand sent F -16 fighter jets to strike Cambodian targets. Officials say that so far the renewed fighting has killed five people and injured 27;
Prasat Preah Vihear and Prasat Ta Muen Thom, both Khmer-era Hindu temples about 95 miles apart, are two of the key sites where tensions flared in July. On Monday, the Thai army said that one of its airstrikes had struck a radio tower near the Preah Vihear temple.
Thailand and Cambodia have resumed fighting over disputed territory, just months after agreeing to a ceasefire
BANGKOK, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Thailand's army has set a target of crippling Cambodia's military capability with the aim of neutralising its threat for a long time to come, the army's chief of staff said on Monday. The remarks by General Chaiyapruek Duangprapat were shared with the media by Thailand's military.
Each side accused the other of firing first. The hostilities came weeks after President Trump had cast himself as a peacemaker in the decades-old border dispute.
Thailand has launched air strikes along its disputed border with Cambodia, its military said, after both countries accused each other of breaching a ceasefire brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump.