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