Fighting rages at Cambodia-Thailand border ahead of expected Trump call

Displaced residents at a temporary camp set up at a pagoda during clashes along the Cambodia-Thailand border in Cambodia's Siem Reap province on Dec 11, 2025. - AFP

SURIN: Renewed fighting raged at the border of Cambodia and Thailand on Thursday (Dec 11), with combat heard near centuries-old temples, ahead of US President Donald Trump's planned phone call to the two nations' leaders.

At least 15 people, including Thai soldiers and Cambodian civilians, have been killed in the reignited border conflict, officials said.