Thailand Cambodia War: Thailand launches airstrikes on Cambodian military targets

Thailand has initiated airstrikes on Cambodian military positions along their contentious border, heightening tensions between the Southeast Asian countries. Cambodia announced it would "respond decisively." Earlier, Thai and Cambodian troops engaged in clashes at several border locations.

The strikes come a day after a Thai soldier lost his leg to a landmine on the border, prompting a downgrade of diplomatic ties by both Bangkok and Phnom Penh as relations collapsed to their lowest level in years.

Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra was suspended from duties this month and could face dismissal after the leak of a phone call she had with Cambodia’s powerful former leader Hun Sen, in which she appeared to criticize her army’s actions in the dispute.

Thailand and Cambodia have had a complicated relationship of both cooperation and rivalry. They share a 500-mile (800-kilometer) land border — largely mapped by France when it ruled Cambodia — that has periodically seen military clashes and been the source of political tensions.