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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, despite international calls for a ceasefire.
Relations between the Southeast Asian neighbors have deteriorated sharply since May when a Cambodian soldier was killed in an armed confrontation.
"There are reports of casualties and the Thai government is ordering the evacuation of certain areas," the U.S. State Department said in an alert.
THAILAND AND Cambodia have mostly kept heavy weapons out of their long-simmering border disputes. So the sudden violence on the morning of July 24th came as a shock. Cambodian artillery shelled a Thai military base;
Cambodia and Thailand exchanged attacks Thursday along their disputed border as tensions between the two countries turned violent.
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A major escalation in fighting between Thailand and Cambodia prompted mass evacuations from border areas Friday.
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The deadly conflict on the Thai-Cambodian border pits a longtime United States ally with decades of experience against a relatively young armed force with close ties to China.