Cambodian leader posts operational military maps on Facebook amid clashes with Thailand — See pics

Amid escalating conflict with Thailand, Cambodian leader Hun Sen on Thursday shared a photograph on Facebook that showed military operational maps.

Thailand and Cambodia have exchanged missiles and rockets today and their soldiers have also clashed on the ground. Tensions had been simmering for months between the two countries that came to a boil in the early hours of the day, leading to Thailand conducting airstrikes inside Cambodia in what it said was retaliation to Cambodian rocket attacks had killed Thai civilians earlier in the day.

Following the attacks and counter-attacks, Cambodian Senate President Sen posted on Facebook photos that showed him what analysts said were operational military maps. He soon deleted the post but open-source intelligence analysts took downloaded the photo and shared it on the internet.

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It looks like Hun Sen, the President of Cambodia, posted these photos, including operational maps, to his Facebook page and then almost immediately deleted the picture with the maps (I can only find reposts). pic.twitter.com/4Kzgp96nS4

— Nathan Ruser (@Nrg8000) July 24, 2025

Sen is the father of the current Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet. He run the country either as the prime minister or as a second prime minister continuously from 1985 to 2023 — when his son became the prime minister. He continues to be the head of the senate and the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and wields great control over the country’s government and military. He has been actively involved in the ongoing hostilities with Thailand.

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In a post on X, journalist Thomas van Linge called Sen’s photos “very compromising”.

Van Linge said, “Very compromising pictures which indicate the current border skirmish are part of a planned Cambodian attack. Of course posted online by the mastermind himself.”

Van Linge called Sen as the architect of the current conflict. Analysts have noted that Cambodia targeted civilians in six to seven places inside Thailand.

“A crisis which is largely of Cambodia’s own making. As Thailand sought to deescalate tensions weeks ago former PM Hun Sen decided to humiliate the Thai PM instead by leaking their private call, forcing the Thai government into a corner from which it could only escalate to survive,” said Van Linge on X.