Cambodia and Thailand will meet in Malaysia later Monday for peace talks after days of deadly clashes on their disputed border have sent civilians scrambling for safety and relations between the two neighbors cratering.

Tensions along Cambodia's northern border with Thailand have been simmering since May, when a Cambodian soldier was killed in a clash with Thai forces.

Thailand warned its conflict with neighboring Cambodia could “potentially develop into a war” as troops used rockets and artillery to shell targets along their contested border for a second