Thailand Launches Airstrikes Against Cambodia After Deadly Border Clashes

Foreign diplomats and representatives of international organisations, including UN agencies, looking at barbed wire and tyres that according to Cambodian officials was placed by the Thai military in a disputed area along the Cambodia-Thailand border in Banteay Meanchey province, on Aug. 22, 2025. STR/AFP via Getty ImagesThe Thai Army launched airstrikes along the disputed border with Cambodia on Dec. 8 after both countries blamed each other for breaking a ceasefire the previous day.Border disputes erupted into five days of conflict in July before a cease-fire was called, leading to a U.S.-led peace agreement in October in which the two nations pledged to work together to ease long-standing tensions.