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Trump has once again claimed credit for helping end hostilities between India and Pakistan, this time while discussing rising tensions between Thailand and Cambodia. Drawing a comparison, Trump said h
Prior to a dramatic escalation of a long-running border row between Bangkok and Phnom Penh, footage showing the construction of a flood barrier in northern Thailand was shared in posts falsely claiming it depicted the kingdom's soldiers building a wall along its frontier with Cambodia.
Thailand and Cambodia are locked in their deadliest conflict in more than a decade after both sides traded artillery fire and air strikes along contested stretches of their 817km border. The clashes have killed at least 35 people and displaced more than 260,000 people on both sides.
Thailand and Cambodia exchanged heavy artillery fire for a second day on Friday as their worst fighting in over a decade intensified and spread to new areas.
Recent armed clashes between Cambodia and Thailand, the worst in over a decade, have spotlighted their military disparity. Thailand, with a $5.73 billion defence budget and 360,000 personnel, dwarfs Cambodia's $1.
Thailand launched airstrikes against Cambodian forces along their disputed border after troops exchanged fire in a dramatic eruption of tensions between the two Southeast Asian neighbors. The Thai embassy in Cambodia warned its citizens to leave the country as soon as it was safely possible to do so.