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Qatar announces its first military casualty in Saudi-led war in Yemen against Shiite rebels

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DOHA, Qatar – Qatar says one of its soldiers fighting with a Saudi-led coalition in Yemen against the Shiite rebels there has been killed — Qatar's casualty in the conflict.

Qatari Foreign Minister Khalid Bin Mohammed al-Attiyah announced the death Wednesday on Twitter, without identifying the soldier or saying how or when he was killed.

The state-run Qatar News Agency did not immediately report on the death.

Yemen's fighting pits Shiite rebels known as Houthis and allied army units against forces loyal to the internationally recognized government, as well as southern separatists and militants.

The Saudi-led force joined the fighting in March, backing the internationally recognized government. Its partners have suffered casualties, such as in a September missile attack that killed 52 Emirati troops, 10 soldiers from Saudi Arabia and five from Bahrain.