Thailand & Cambodia agree unconditional CEASEFIRE on Trump's orders after 5 days of deadly clashes and F-16 airstrikes
It comes after Donald Trump intervened in the conflict and brought both sides to the negotiating table.
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Cambodian military vehicles drive away from the Cambodia-Thai border in Siem Reap on Monday
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The fighting flared last Thursday after a land mine explosion along the border wounded five Thai soldiers.
Both sides blamed each other for starting the clashes, that have killed at least 35 people and displaced more than 260,000 people on both sides.
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