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Posted on July 24, 2025
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Add as preferred source on GoogleThe UK advises against travel to Cambodia and Thailand due to escalating border conflict, with recent clashes resulting in civilian casualties.
(Reuters) -Britain's foreign ministry on Thursday has advised against all but essential travel to parts of Cambodia and Thailand following the worst fighting between the countries in 13 years.
Thailand scrambled an F-16 fighter jet to bomb targets in Cambodia on Thursday after artillery volleys from both sides killed at least 11 civilians, as border tension boiled over into rare armed conflict between the Southeast Asian countries.
Both blamed each other for starting a morning clash at a disputed area of the border, which quickly escalated from small arms fire to heavy shelling in at least six locations 209 kilometres (130 miles) apart along a frontier where sovereignty has been disputed for more than a century.
(Reporting by Rishabh Jaiswal in Bengaluru; Editing by Chris Reese)
The UK's foreign ministry advised against all but essential travel to parts of Cambodia and Thailand due to the worst fighting between the countries in 13 years.
The conflict escalated from small arms fire to heavy shelling after artillery volleys from both sides resulted in at least 11 civilian deaths.
Thailand scrambled an F-16 fighter jet to bomb targets in Cambodia in response to the artillery attacks.
Both Cambodia and Thailand blamed each other for initiating the morning clash at a disputed border area.
The fighting occurred in at least six locations along a border area that is approximately 209 kilometers (130 miles) long.
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