Yemen crisis: Qatar 'deploys 1,000 troops' Published duration 7 September 2015 Related Topics Yemen crisis

image copyright Getty Images image caption Al-Jazeera says it understands more Qatari troops will be sent

Qatar has reportedly deployed troops to Yemen for the first time, according to the Doha-based al-Jazeera news.

Last week, 60 soldiers from the Saudi-led coalition were killed at a base in Marib.

The missile strike by Houthi rebels killed 45 UAE, 10 Saudi and five Bahraini soldiers.

The troops died after an ammunition depot was hit in the town of Safir.

Following the attack, Emirati warplanes launched airstrikes on targets across Yemen.

The Houthi rebels described the attack as revenge for "crimes" committed by the Saudi-led coalition, which has carried out months of air strikes in Yemen.

The coalition is trying to restore the exiled president, who left as the Houthis gained control over much of the country.

The UN says some 4,500 people - including at least 2,110 civilians - have been killed in fighting on the ground and by coalition air strikes since late March.

Coalition countries are thought to have sent several thousand troops to Yemen in an effort to restore President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi to power.

They helped southern militiamen opposed to the Houthis retake the southern port city of Aden in July and have since advanced northwards.

image copyright EPA image caption Coalition airstrikes hit Yemen across the weekend, including in the capital Sanaa

image copyright AFP image caption Leading tribes in Yemen's Marib province are backing the Saudi-led coalition military campaign

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