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SURIN, Thailand -- Three Thai civilians were killed as heavy combat continued along the country's border with Cambodia, the Thai military said Thursday, marking the country's first civilian fatalities since the fighting resumed.
SURIN, Thailand (AP) — Cambodia’s Senate President Hun Sen vowed a fierce fight against Thailand as a second day of widespread renewed combat between the nations Tuesday drove tens of thousands of people to flee border areas.
Thailand’s armed forces said Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul’s decision to dissolve parliament won’t impact its operations against Cambodia amid a renewed border conflict.
Thailand says ordnance replanted by Cambodia has injured or maimed more than a dozen of its soldiers. Cambodia rejects the accusation.
The escalation broke the ceasefire brokered in July by Trump who threatened to halt trade talks with the two countries unless they ended the fight.
Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul looks set to tap burgeoning nationalism over a border conflict with Cambodia to boost his appeal in a general election stemming from his dissolution of parliament after less than 100 days in power.
An expert says the Thai military's strikes on Cambodian casinos and suspected scam centres could be putting the lives of civilians and human trafficking victims at risk and may be considered war crimes.
Thailand launched air strikes on Cambodia after accusing its forces of violating a ceasefire, resulting in at least one Thai soldier's death. This escalation follows a previous peace deal brokered by Donald Trump,
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