The deal was brokered by Malaysia, the current holder of the rotating chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), of which the two warring states are members. Both the United States and China had pressed the two sides to end the fighting.

Over the weekend, the leaders of Thailand and Cambodia agreed to an unconditional cease-fire that took effect on July 28. The deal will hopefully end five days of border conflict that has killed dozens of civilians and soldiers on both sides and displaced 300,000 people in the border region.

Over the weekend, the leaders of Thailand and Cambodia agreed to an unconditional cease-fire that took effect on July 28. The deal will hopefully end five days of border conflict that has killed dozens of civilians and soldiers on both sides and displaced 300,000 people in the border region.

The deal was brokered by Malaysia, the current holder of the rotating chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), of which the two warring states are members. Both the United States and China had pressed the two sides to end the fighting.

What precipitated the border clashes?

For more than a century, Cambodians and Thais have contested sovereignty over the 11th-century Preah Vihear Hindu temple, currently controlled by Cambodia, as well as several other religious sites along their contested border.