Relatives say Saudi-led airstrike on Yemeni home killed nine family members

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Yemen's government purges leaders as its counteroffensive stalls; missile aimed at Medina

On Thursday relatives said a Saudi-led airstrike in October killed nine members of one family in Yemen, and Turkey's parliament ratified the Mecca defence agreement with Saudi Arabia. The Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted a Houthi ballistic missile fired at Medina. On Wednesday Yemen's UN-recognised government dismissed ministers and officers after its counteroffensive, launched on 5 October, failed with thousands dead on both sides. Taiz remains under a four-week Houthi siege.

• The Yemeni government reshuffled its political and military leadership after losing ground to the Houthis in September.
• A report describes the offensive as settled into attrition warfare, with the Houthis taking losses but also inflicting casualties on government forces and on Saudi Arabia.
• Government forces say they took the al-Dahida heights in al-Jawf, while fighting is also escalating in al-Dhalea, Lahij and Taiz.
• The Taiz siege is blocking food, water, fuel and medical supplies, and thousands have fled the fighting.