Thailand launches air strikes at Cambodia as border tensions reignite

Thailand has launched aerial strikes on its disputed borderline with Cambodia, the Thai subject said on Monday, aft some countries accused the different of breaching a ceasefire agreement brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump.

At slightest 1 Thai worker has been killed and 4 wounded successful the caller clashes that broke retired astir 2 areas successful the easternmost state of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand's subject said successful a statement, aft its troops came under Cambodian fire.

"The Thai broadside has present begun utilizing craft to onslaught subject targets successful respective areas," the connection said.

Cambodia's defence ministry said successful a connection that the Thai subject had launched dawn attacks connected its forces astatine 2 locations, pursuing days of provocative actions, and added that Cambodian troops had not retaliated.

The borderline quality had erupted into a five-day warfare successful July, earlier a ceasefire deal brokered by Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Trump, who also witnessed the signing of an expanded bid agreement between the 2 countries successful Kuala Lumpur successful October.

At slightest 48 radical were killed and an estimated 300,000 temporarily displaced during the July clashes, with the neighbours exchanging rockets and dense artillery fire.

But pursuing a landmine blast past period that maimed 1 of its soldiers, Thailand said it was halting the implementation of the ceasefire pact with Cambodia.

In Thailand, much than 385,000 civilians crossed 4 borderline districts are being evacuated, with implicit 35,000 already housed successful impermanent shelters, the Thai subject said.

Thailand and Cambodia have for much than a period contested sovereignty astatine undemarcated points on their 817-km (508-mile) onshore border, archetypal mapped successful 1907 by France erstwhile it ruled Cambodia as a colony.

Simmering hostility has occasionally exploded into skirmishes, specified arsenic a weeklong artillery speech successful 2011, contempt attempts to peacefully resoluteness overlapping claims.