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DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Qatar said Wednesday that one of its soldiers fighting with a Saudi-led coalition in Yemen against Shiite rebels there has been killed — Qatar's first reported casualty in the conflict.
Foreign Minister Khalid Bin Mohammed al-Attiyah announced the death on Twitter, without saying how or when the soldier was killed.
The state-run Qatar News Agency identified the soldier as Mohammed Hamed Suleiman.
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. The coalition has suffered casualties, such as in a September missile attack that killed 52 Emirati troops, 10 soldiers from Saudi Arabia and five from Bahrain.
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