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They said Cambodia was using artillery, rocket launchers, and bomb-dropping drones to attack Thai forces.<br \/>&#8220;Thailand is determined to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity and therefore military measures must be taken as necessary,&#8221; Defence Ministry spokesperson Rear Admiral Surasant Kongsiri told the media briefing where other military officials also spoke.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fighting between Cambodia and Thailand escalated along their contested border on Tuesday, as the Southeast Asian neighbours both said they would not back down in defending their sovereignty.With each side blaming the other for starting Monday&#8217;s renewed clashes, it was unclear how or if a fragile ceasefire brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump in July [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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