Fighting between Thailand and Cambodia entered its fourth day on Thursday as both sides waited for a promised telephone call from U.S. President Donald Trump, who says he believes he can again end the conflict between the two Southeast Asian nations.

Thailand's Parliament was dissolved Friday for new elections early next year as the country engaged in deadly fighting with Cambodia.

The escalation broke the ceasefire brokered in July by Trump who threatened to halt trade talks with the two countries unless they ended the fight.

As border clashes between Cambodia and Thailand reignited in December, a video was shared in Khmer-language posts falsely claiming it showed a Thai jet spraying "toxic fumes" on the Cambodian army. The footage previously circulated in a post from mid-November about an aerial firefighting operation in the Australian state of New South Wales,

The resumption of hostilities between Thailand and Cambodia on Dec 8 has forced more than half a million people to flee their homes in villages caught up in conflict red zones on both sides of the border Read more at straitstimes.