Cambodia and Thailand traded accusations Saturday of fresh attacks as deadly border clashes entered a third day, leaving at least 33 people dead and more than 168,000 displaced, as international pressure mounted on both sides to reach a ceasefire.
As of Saturday, Thailand said seven soldiers and 13 civilians had been killed in the clashes, while in Cambodia five soldiers and eight civilians had been killed, said Defense Ministry spokesperson Maly Socheata.
cambodia-thailand-fighting-border Juam, 50 sits next to her dog “Krati” inside a temporary shelter in Sisaket province,Thailand, July 26, 2025. (Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)
During an emergency meeting on Friday, members of the U.N. Security Council called for de-escalation and urged ASEAN to mediate a peaceful solution.
Cambodia’s Information Minister Neth Pheaktra said Saturday the clashes had forced 10,865 Cambodian families, or 37,635 people, in three border provinces to evacuate to safe locations, while Thai officials said more than 131,000 people had fled their border villages.
Reporting by The Associated Press and Reuters
cambodia-thailand-fighting-border Displaced residents arrive by tractor as they take refuge in Batthkoa primary school in Oddar Meanchey province, Cambodia, July 26, 2025. (Heng Sinith/AP) cambodia-thailand-fighting-border Evacuees displaced by the ongoing conflict between Thailand and Cambodia line up for food at a makeshift evacuation center inside a Buddhist temple in the Thai border province of Sisaket, Thailand, July 26, 2025. (Lillan Suwanrumpha/AFP) cambodia-thailand-fighting-border Displaced residents gather for food at a pagoda in Oddar Meanchey province, Cambodia, July 26, 2025. (Tang Chhin Sothy/AFP) cambodia-thailand-fighting-border People rest inside a temporary shelter in Sisaket province, Thailand, July 26, 2025. (Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters) cambodia-thailand-fighting-border Displaced Cambodians receive water at the Battkhao Resettlement Camp in Oddar Meanchey province, Cambodia, July 26, 2025. (Anton L. Delgado/AP) cambodia-thailand-fighting-border Thai residents who fled homes following clashes between Thai and Cambodian soldiers line up for food at an evacuation center in Surin province, Thailand, July 26, 2025. (Sakchai Lalit/AP) cambodia-thailand-fighting-border Cambodian soldiers carry a body of a victim from a pagoda in Oddar Meanchey province during fighting between Thailand and Cambodia, July 25, 2025. (AFP) cambodia-thailand-fighting-border A Thai soldier stands at the Phanom Dong Rak hospital damaged by artillery shells during clashes with Cambodia in Surin Province, Thailand, July 25, 2025. (Sakchai Lalit/AP)
