As of 12:00 a.m., December 22, 2025, Thailand has conducted 23 airstrikes on Cambodia, destroying military targets and civilian infrastructure, including primary schools, pagodas, and bridges (bombings listed below).
The Thai airstrikes are unanswered. Cambodia does not have its own fighter aircraft or any surface-to-air defenses. The conflict has resulted in the displacement of 518,611 Cambodians.(1) Thailand also reports 213,072 people displaced out of precaution from Cambodian artillery fire.(2) Khmer people are suffering. The Thai provinces along the border are populated by Khmer people, such as Surin province, which is estimated to be at least 63% Khmer.(3)
Thailand agreed to an unconditional ceasefire on July 28, 2025, pressured by U.S. President Trump. President Trump oversaw the signing of the Kuala Lumpur Peace Accord by Thai Prime Minister Anutin and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet on October 26, 2025. However, on November 10, 2025, Thai Prime Minister Anutin announced that Thailand was suspending the peace accord.(4,5)
Anutin’s public reason for cancelling the peace accord was that four Thai soldiers were injured by a landmine on a jungle path in disputed territory on November 10, 2025.(6)
However, Anutin is influenced by political calculus. Anutin, leader of the Bhumjaithai Party (“Thai Pride Party”) became prime minister on September 5, 2025, with the help of the much larger People’s Power Party which called for a referendum on the constitution to shift power from the unelected Senate. Anutin falsely agreed to support a referendum as October 1, 2025.(7)
Anutin’s November 10 cancellation of peace accord occurred only after he was aware that he would face an election. On November 5, 2025, Anutin himself stated “If we can’t win the political game, we’ll dissolve the House”.(8) Early elections became even more certain for Anutin on November 9, 2025, when the People’s Party demanded an extraordinary session for constitutional amendment, rejected by Anutin.(9)
Adding to Anutin's desperation, his approval rating dropped from 48% to only 23% following the slow response to floods in Southern Thailand from November 21-24.(10)
The commencement of war with Cambodia on December 7, 2025, strategically positioned Anutin for reelection ahead of the dissolution of parliament on December 12, 2025.
References
Displaced people in Cambodia: https://t.co/2ap7472tnf
Displaced people in Thailand: https://t.co/KLxHuNryw8
Thai census including Khmer speakers in Surin province: https://t.co/nah4M7jnCS
Anutin suspension of peace accord: https://t.co/ltn0wjCURY
Anutin says the peace accord is void: https://t.co/I2KSi8B2Ug
6. Thai rationale for ending peace accord: https://t.co/mlKPhFSosq
7. Anutin public support for a constitutional referendum: https://t.co/5KzC6ypyIB
8. Anutin threat to dissolve parliament: https://t.co/sho13s1r2z
9. People’s Power Ultimatum to Anutin: https://t.co/CeLPUnxOW2
10. Anutin drop in the polls: https://t.co/tYYYBQQSXw
11. IMF report on Thai economy and weakness: https://t.co/0gdD4Fftej
List of Thai Airstrikes on Cambodia
July 24, 2025, F-16 bombs a road near the 11th-century temple Preah Vihear, https://t.co/taU40P073w
July 24, 2025, F-16 bombs border area (An Ses border checkpoint), https://t.co/ooOP2grXov
July 26, 2025, F-16 and Gripen bomb Ta Krabey area, https://t.co/HtoGO9WbDb
July 27, 2025, F-16 bombing of Ta Krabey and Ta Muan temple areas, https://t.co/Ff8ylspB0a
December 8, 2025 at 09:05 am, Thai force Attacked Cambodian troops using F16- Fighter Jet at Sra Em Commune, Choam Ksan District, Preah Vihear Province, https://t.co/ARisG5kCVT
Dec 08, 2025 at 13:02, Thai force began using F-16 Fighter jets to bomb Mum Bei 3 times with a total of 9 bombs
Source: CNC, Ministry of national defense
December 8, 2025, Griben bombin of Lim Heng Casino, O’Smach, https://t.co/j3c41BzwK7
December 9, 2025, F-16 bombing in Oddar meanchey province, https://t.co/zxte6eftFz
December 11, 2025, F-16 bombing of Banteay Ampil District, Oddar Meanchey province, https://t.co/jzumbGzcYz
December 13, 2025, F-16 bombing of Thmor Da bridges and hotel buildings, Pursat province, https://t.co/lVHZ1qr1TL
December 15, 2025, F-16 bombing of O Jik bridge, Srei Snam District, Siem Reap province, https://t.co/RJ8jtQmxxY
December 15, 2025, F-16 bombing in Banteay Meanchey province, https://t.co/nVexcKYre9
Dec 18, 2025 at 09:51am, the Thai military deployed F-16 fighter jets to bomb the area of Phnom Kmoch, Preah Vichear province
Source: Ministry of national defense
Dec 18, 2025 at 10:07am, the Thai military deployed F-16 fighter jets to bomb the area of Peak Sbeak.
Source: Ministry of National Defense
Dec 18, 2025 at 11:06am, the Thai military deployed 2 bombs F-16 fighter jets to bomb the area of Poi Pet Municipality, Banteay Meanchey Province
Source: Ministry of national defense
Dec 18, 2025 at 14:32, the Thai military deployed F-16 fighter jets and dropped 2 bombs in the area of Serei Saophoan, Banteay Meanchey Province.
Source: Ministry of national defense
Dec 18, 2025 at 14:45, the Thai military deployed F-16 fighter jets and dropped 1 more bomb in the area of Serei Saophoan, Banteay Meanchey Province.
Source: Ministry of national defense
Dec 19, 2025 at 15:30, the Thai military deployed F-16 fighter jets to bomb the area of Peak Sbaek
Source: Ministry of national defense
Dec 19, 2025 at 22:55, the Thai military deployed a first strike of F-16 fighter jets to bombard and destroy the O' Jik Bridge area at the border area between Chong Kal district Oddar Meanchey Province and Srei Snam District, Siem Reap province.
Source: Ministry of national defense
Dec 19, 2025, at 23:00, the Second boom of F-16 fighter jets dropped and destroyed the O' Jik Bridge area at the border area between Chong Kal district Oddar Meanchey Province and Srei Snam District, Siem Reap province.
Source: Ministry of national defense
Dec 19, 2025, at 23:10, the Third boom of F-16 fighter jet dropped and destroyed the O' Jik Bridge area at the border area between Chong Kal district Oddar Meanchey Province and Srei Snam District, Siem Reap province.
Source: Ministry of national defense
Dec 20, 2025, at 1:01am-11:16, the Thai military has deployed F-16 fighter jets to drop 2 bombs aimed to destroy Primary School, located in Thmar Da Commune, Veal Veng District, Pursat Province.
Source: Ministry of national defense
December 21, 2025, 1:00 p.m. Thai F-16 strike in the 5th Military Region at the area of Phkoam Commune, Svay Chek District, Banteay Meanchey province at around 1PM today.
Cambodia has five clear reasons that will definitely dispel international doubts and make the international community understand that Thailand is the aggressor while Cambodia is the victim of Thai aggression. #TruthfromCambodia#Thailandfirefirst#JusticeforCambodia
Casey Barnett, President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia, on Thursday (Dec. 18) highlighted striking historical parallels between Thailand’s current actions against Cambodia and its 1941 invasion during World War II.
In a statement posted on social media, Barnett noted that Thailand’s use of alleged cross-border incidents as justification for military action mirrors the narrative employed more than eight decades ago.
“In 1941, Thailand invaded Cambodia and later declared war on the United States and the United Kingdom,” he wrote.
“In 2025, Thai accusations that Cambodian soldiers fired across the border are again being used to justify an ongoing Thai invasion of Cambodia. Similar claims formed the basis of Thailand’s 1941 invasion of Cambodia. Then, as now, Thailand’s military action was intended to annex Cambodian territory,” he added.
“Despite full knowledge of Japan’s genocidal conduct in China, including the 1937 Nanjing Massacre in which approximately 200,000 civilians and prisoners of war were killed, Thailand entered into a treaty with Japan on June 12, 1940. This agreement laid the groundwork for Japan’s subsequent occupation of French Indochina and British Malaya. After ratifying the treaty, Thailand invaded Cambodia and Laos in January 1941, claiming that French colonial forces in Cambodia had fired across the border into the Thai town of Aranyaprathet. In reality, Thailand had been preparing for invasion for months. Within weeks, Thailand forcibly annexed northern Cambodian provinces and western Lao territories,” Barnett said.
He added that in December 1941, Thailand and Japan concluded a further agreement providing for mutual military support, with Japan explicitly backing Thailand’s territorial claims covering annexed areas of Cambodia, Laos, Malaya, and Burma. This agreement secured Thailand’s role as a logistics hub and staging ground for Japan’s conquest of British Malaya and Burma between 1941 and 1942.
He also highlighted that in July 1943, Japan rewarded Thailand for its cooperation by transferring to it six provinces of British Malaya and Burma. During this period, Thailand facilitated and materially benefited from Japan’s use of forced labor to construct the Burma Railway, linking Bangkok to Yangon. Among the enslaved laborers were 30,131 British and 686 American prisoners of war. Of these, 6,904 British and 131 Americans died as a result of brutal working conditions.
Following the Allied victory in World War II, Thailand was compelled to relinquish all territories it had annexed in Cambodia, Laos, Malaya, and Burma. Britain initially sought punitive measures, including extended occupation of Thailand and potential control over the Thai Isthmus. The United States, however, opposed harsh postwar treatment, arguing that severe demands would destabilize Thailand and the wider region. As a result, Barnett noted, Thailand faced limited accountability for its wartime territorial aggression.
“Now, in 2025, with little apparent collective memory of the consequences of its earlier irredentist ambitions, Thailand is once again invading Cambodia,” he concluded.
កម្ពុជាត្រូវការសន្តិភាព (Cambodia Needs Peace)
មហាគ្រួសារកម្ពុជា មហានៃសាមគ្គីភាពស្មារតីតែមួយ សម្លេងតែមួយបានស្រែកឡេីងដូចគ្នា គឺ កម្ពុជាត្រូវការសន្តិភាព សូមផ្ញេីជូនពិភពលោកពីបេះដូងដ៏បរិសុទ្ធ និងចេតនាដ៏ស្មោះស្ម័គ្របំផុត។
Cambodia Needs Peace!
As a nation of Cambodian compatriots, united in one spirit and one voice, we affirm that Cambodia needs peace. With pure hearts and sincere intentions, we convey this message to the world.
#ហ៊ុនម៉ាណែត #Hunmanet #កម្ពុជា #cambodia #សន្តិភាពនៅកម្ពុជា #Peaceincambodia
@DonaldTrumpnq I'll tell PM that Thailand doesn't agree peace as President Donald J Trump called.Thailand still the Attack on Cambodia used F-16 Jets.May his resolution be worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize and impose sanctions on Thailand, which has repeatedly invaded Cambodia🙏#Cambodianeedpeace
By this moment, civilian casualty has reached 13 by atrocities committed by Thai soldiers who had indiscriminately bombed civilian villages, schools, pagodas etc. The use of F-16 fighter jets, poinsonous gas and cluster bombs far into Cambodian territory
At At 10:08 a.m. and 10:11 a.m. on December 15, the Thai military used F-16 fighter jets to drop two bombs in Chong Kal District and Srei Snam District, Siem Reap Province, near refugee camps, penetrating more than 70 kilometers into Cambodian territory.
This constitutes an act of aggression by the Thai military, deliberately targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure. Thailand has violated international law by attacking civilians.
The video footage shows students at a school in Srei Snam District fleeing after the Thai military dropped bombs near their school.
The number of civilians killed by Thailand’s armed aggressive attacks has risen to 12, with 74 injured. The number of displaced civilians has increased to more than 400,000 people.
#Thailand is lying to the world, claiming that Cambodia invaded them, while pretending to be the victim 👿. Just thinking:
'' No victim would go dancing and celebrating while the enemy is invading. ''
This is a video from today, December 14, 2025 ❗️
#TruthFromThailand #ThailandStartedTheWar
The number of civilians killed by Thai attacks has risen to 12 after another citizen was killed on December 14, and the number of injured has reached at least 75, including 15 new injuries as of 6pm. Concurrently, the number of displaced peoples has increased to over 400,000.
Full story: https://t.co/XtlAMRoZ3W