Border battle expands as Thailand and Cambodia clash for second day

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SHOWS: The Thai Army said they conducted a 'tank-fired operation' to destroy a compound located on the Cambodian side of the border on Tuesday (December 9).

The target, located in Sra Ngue, Banteay Meanchey Province in Cambodia, is opposite the Ban Ta Phraya border trade facilitation point in Ta Phraya District, Sa Kaeo Province in Thailand, according to the Thai Army.

Reuters was able to verify the location of the video by the building structure, plantations, and the road layout which match satellite images.

Reuters was not able to independently verify the date of the footage released by the Thai Army. (8454-THAILAND-CAMBODIA/STRIKES-UPDATE)

SRA NGUE, BANTEAY MEANCHEY PROVINCE, CAMBODIA (RELEASED DECEMBER 9, 2025) (Royal Thai Army Region 1 - Must on screen courtesy Royal Thai Army Region 1)(MUTE)

1. AERIAL OF ARMOURED VEHICLE FIRING ON COMPOUND CLOSE TO THAI-CAMBODIA BORDER

Thailand’s navy said it struck Cambodian targets in Trat Province on the Thai-Cambodian border on Tuesday.

Video from Thai media appeared to show naval munitions falling from the sky, followed by the sound of distant explosions. (8394-THAILAND-CAMBODIA/STRIKES)

CHAMRAK AREA, TRAT PROVINCE, THAILAND (DECEMBER 9, 2025) (TPBS - No use Thailand)

2. VARIOUS OF MUNITIONS FALLING FROM SKY

Residences in Thailand were hit by artillery fire from Cambodia's army following a refresh armed conflict between the two countries, Thai state media TPBS said on Tuesday.

In the video filmed by TPBS, the rooftops of houses in provinces Sa Kaeo, Surin and Sisaket - which border Cambodia - were ripped off, and several holes were seen in walls following shelling from Cambodia, the media outlet reported. (8488-THAILAND-CAMBODIA/ROCKET AFTERMATH)

SA KAEO, THAILAND (DECEMBER 9, 2025) (TPBS - No use Thailand)

3. VARIOUS OF DESTROYED ROOF

4. WOMAN LOOKING AT RUBBLE AND HOLES ON WALL

SURIN, THAILAND (DECEMBER 9, 2025) (TPBS - No use Thailand)

5. MAN SITTING INSIDE BUNKER AS EXPLOSION IS HEARD IN BACKGROUND

SISAKET, THAILAND (DECEMBER 9, 2025) (TPBS - No use Thailand)

6. VARIOUS OF METAL OBJECTS ON GROUND

Eyewitness videos from Samraong, the capital of the Cambodian border province Oddar Meanchey, showed thick smoke covered the sky, while both sides blamed the other for starting renewed clashes.

Reuters was able to confirm the location of the videos from the road layout, roof structures, gas station, and buildings matching satellite and file imagery of the area.

Reuters was not able to confirm the dates of the videos. (8422-THAILAND-CAMBODIA/UGC)

SAMRAONG, ODDAR MEANCHEY PROVINCE, CAMBODIA (RELEASED DECEMBER 9, 2025) (ORIGINALLY SHOT IN PORTRAIT) (SOCIAL MEDIA - No Archive / No Resale / News Use Only)

7. THICK SMOKE RISING BEHIND BUILDINGS

8. CAR DRIVING ON ROAD, THICK SMOKE SEEN FROM DISTANCE

A Thai defence spokesperson on Tuesday (December 9) said the Thai military had focused solely on military targets to degrade Cambodia, during a televised news conference, as fighting between Cambodia and Thailand escalated along their contested border. (8386-THAILAND-CAMBODIA/)

BANGKOK, THAILAND (DECEMBER 9, 2025) (NBT - No use Thailand)

9. (SOUNDBITE) (English) DEFENCE MINISTRY SPOKESPERSON, REAR ADMIRAL SURASANT KONGSIRI, SAYING:

"Thai operations focus solely on military targets to degrade Cambodia or to actually reduce the ability of the Cambodian military capabilities while Cambodia's use of weapons continues to be directed at innocent civilians, civilian sites and medical facilities with apparent intent to cause chaos and panic among the population. Now, Thailand desires peace, but peace must come with safety and security of the people."

A local villager in Thailand's northeastern Buriram province, Laongdao Chulsri, 34, and her family of 10 are among thousands of families living along the border area with Cambodia who have fled from their homes after fresh clashes between Thai and Cambodian troops reignited on Monday (December 8).

Having been evacuated for the second time since the previous 5-day clashes in July, Laongdao is distraught about the situation as her house is just 3 kilometres (1.86 miles) from the border. (8421-THAILAND-CAMBODIA/EVACUEES)

BURIRAM PROVINCE, THAILAND (DECEMBER 9, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

10. PEOPLE QUEUEING FOR FOOD AT SHELTER

11. 34-YEAR-OLD THAI EVACUEE, LAONGDAO CHULSRI, RECEIVING FOOD

12. CHILDREN INSIDE TENT

13. CHULSRI WITH CHILDREN

14. (SOUNDBITE) (Thai) THAI EVACUEE, LAONGDAO CHULSRI, 34, SAYING:

"I want it to end. I want this to be the last fight to end it all."

15. PEOPLE AT SHELTER

16. DOG SLEEPING ON GROUND

17. LAONGDAO AND HER SISTER-IN-LAW, 18-YEAR-OLD KHUNANYA CHAICHOEDCHU, EATING

18. FAMILIES AT THE SHELTER

Cambodians evacuated the border town of Poipet on Tuesday as clashes with neighbouring Thailand escalated along their contested border.

Video from FBR Hot News.BMC showed a mass of people on various modes of transportation such as cars, trucks and motorcycles driving down a road.

Reuters was able to confirm the location from utility poles, buildings, signboards and road layout matching file imagery. Date of the footage was confirmed by source and local media reports. (8442-THAILAND-CAMBODIA/EVACUATIONS-UGC)

POIPET, BANTEAY MEANCHEY PROVINCE, CAMBODIA (DECEMBER 9, 2025) (ORIGINALLY SHOT IN PORTRAIT) (QUALITY AS INCOMING) (FBR HOT NEWS.BMC - No resales / Must on-screen courtesy "FBR Hot News.BMC")

19. VEHICLES INCLUDING CARS, TRUCKS AND MOTORCYCLES DRIVING DOWN ROAD

Over 50,000 Cambodians living in border towns with neighbouring Thailand have been displaced as clashes escalated along their contested border, according to figures from Cambodia's Ministry of Defence released on Tuesday. (8452-THAILAND-CAMBODIA/EVACUEES-UPDATE)

MONGKOL BOREY, BANTEAY MEANCHEY PROVINCE, CAMBODIA (DECEMBER 9, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

20. DISPLACED PEOPLE WALKING IN TEMPORARY SHELTER

21. DISPLACED PEOPLE SITTING ON FLOOR

22. MAN PLAYING WITH BABY

23. GIRL PUSHING HAMMOCK

24. BABY IN HAMMOCK

25. (SOUNDBITE)(Khmer) 44-YEAR-OLD DISPLACED PERSON FROM THE BORDER, MAO SINUON, SAYING:

“I miss my belongings at home but I must run because of the fighting, continuous artillery firing to the village, I can’t stay there. I ran away from my Chauk Chhey and Tomnup Aach villages as they were still fighting now.”

26. DISPLACED PEOPLE WALKING

27. (SOUNDBITE)(Khmer) DISPLACED PERSON FROM THE BORDER, SIV NAI, 41, SAYING:

“I must run away from my house because they (Thai side) were firing at the village non-stop. The fighting came too soon and it destroyed my house completely so I just grabbed my clothes and children and we came here.”

28. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WASHING THEMSELVES OUTDOORS

Cambodia’s defence ministry spokesperson, Maly Socheata, said on Tuesday that attacks by Cambodia on Thailand have been in self-defence and on Thai military targets, as clashes escalated along their border.

Cambodia's defence ministry said its troops had no choice but to take defensive action on Tuesday and accused Thailand of "indiscriminately and brutally targeting civilian residential areas" with artillery shells, allegations Bangkok rejected. (8492-THAILAND-CAMBODIA/NEWSER)

PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA (DECEMBER 9, 2025) (TVK - No use Cambodia. Must not obscure logo)

29. (SOUNDBITE) (Khmer) CAMBODIAN DEFENCE MINISTRY SPOKESWOMAN, MALY SOCHEATA, SAYING:

"The attacks by the Thai army on the civilian people and deep inside villager’s villages about 28km in Banteay Meanchey, starting from 8 and 9 December 2025 until 6 am, have killed 7 people and wounded 20."

Residents of Thai provinces on the border with Cambodia also took shelter away from their homes on Tuesday amid clashes between the two countries.

People in winter clothes received medical attention and queued for water at evacuation shelters in Buriram and Sisaket provinces. (8398-THAILAND-CAMBODIA/SHELTERS)

BURIRAM PROVINCE, THAILAND (DECEMBER 9, 2025) (TPBS - No use Thailand)

30. VARIOUS OF WOMAN PRAYING

31. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE SITTING INSIDE SHELTER

32. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE QUEUEING TO GET WATER