Tourists urged to avoid travel to Cambodia and Thailand amid escalating conflict
Foreign Office issues updated travel advice for Thailand and Cambodia
- The British Foreign Ministry has advised Britons to avoid all but essential travel to parts of Cambodia and Thailand due to escalating conflict.
- The region is experiencing the worst fighting between the two countries in 13 years, with both nations blaming each other for starting the clashes.
- Thailand scrambled F-16 fighter jets and engaged in heavy shelling, accusing Cambodian forces of deliberately targeting civilian areas.
- At least 12 people, including 11 civilians and one soldier, have been killed on the Thai side, while Cambodian losses remain unclear.
- Approximately 40,000 Thai civilians have been evacuated from border villages, though the number of Cambodian evacuations has not been confirmed.