• Yemeni fighters from the Amalqa ("Giants") Brigades, loyal to the Saudi-backed government, gather with armed pick-up trucks and armoured vehicles on the side of a road during the offensive to seize the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah from Iran-backed Houthi rebels, on its southern outskirts near the airport on June 21, 2018. Saleh Al-Obeidi / AFP
    Yemeni fighters from the Amalqa ("Giants") Brigades, loyal to the Saudi-backed government, gather with armed pick-up trucks and armoured vehicles on the side of a road during the offensive to seize the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah from Iran-backed Houthi rebels, on its southern outskirts near the airport on June 21, 2018. Saleh Al-Obeidi / AFP
  • Sudanese soldiers fighting alongside Yemen's Saudi-backed pro-government forces against the Houthi rebels as they salute with their hands and firearms before a tracked vehicle on the side of a road near Al-Jah, about 50 kilometres southwest of the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah on June 22, 2018. Saleh Al-Obeidi / AFP
    Sudanese soldiers fighting alongside Yemen's Saudi-backed pro-government forces against the Houthi rebels as they salute with their hands and firearms before a tracked vehicle on the side of a road near Al-Jah, about 50 kilometres southwest of the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah on June 22, 2018. Saleh Al-Obeidi / AFP
  • Yemeni fighters from the Amalqa ("Giants") Brigades, loyal to the Saudi-backed government, flash the victory gesture while riding in the back of a pickup truck during the offensive to seize the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah from Iran-backed Houthi rebels, on its southern outskirts near the airport on June 21, 2018. Saleh Al-Obeidi / AFP
    Yemeni fighters from the Amalqa ("Giants") Brigades, loyal to the Saudi-backed government, flash the victory gesture while riding in the back of a pickup truck during the offensive to seize the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah from Iran-backed Houthi rebels, on its southern outskirts near the airport on June 21, 2018. Saleh Al-Obeidi / AFP
  • An armoured vehicle belonging to the Amalqa ("Giants") Brigades, loyal to the Saudi-backed government, parked on the side of a road during the offensive to seize the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah from Iran-backed Houthi rebels, on its southern outskirts near the airport on June 21, 2018. Saleh Al-Obeidi / AFP
    An armoured vehicle belonging to the Amalqa ("Giants") Brigades, loyal to the Saudi-backed government, parked on the side of a road during the offensive to seize the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah from Iran-backed Houthi rebels, on its southern outskirts near the airport on June 21, 2018. Saleh Al-Obeidi / AFP
  • A Yemeni fighter from the Amalqa ("Giants") Brigades, loyal to the Saudi-backed government, walks carrying a package along a road during the offensive to seize the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah from Iran-backed Houthi rebels, on its southern outskirts near the airport on June 21, 2018. Saleh Al-Obeidi / AFP
    A Yemeni fighter from the Amalqa ("Giants") Brigades, loyal to the Saudi-backed government, walks carrying a package along a road during the offensive to seize the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah from Iran-backed Houthi rebels, on its southern outskirts near the airport on June 21, 2018. Saleh Al-Obeidi / AFP
  • A Yemeni fighter from the Amalqa ("Giants") Brigades, loyal to the Saudi-backed government, rides in the back of a pickup truck during the offensive to seize the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah from Iran-backed Houthi rebels, on its southern outskirts of the near the airport on June 21, 2018. Saleh Al-Obeidi / AFP
    A Yemeni fighter from the Amalqa ("Giants") Brigades, loyal to the Saudi-backed government, rides in the back of a pickup truck during the offensive to seize the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah from Iran-backed Houthi rebels, on its southern outskirts of the near the airport on June 21, 2018. Saleh Al-Obeidi / AFP
  • Yemeni fighters from the Amalqa ("Giants") Brigades, loyal to the Saudi-backed government, gather with armed pick-up trucks and armoured vehicles on the side of a road during the offensive to seize the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah from Iran-backed Houthi rebels, on its southern outskirts near the airport on June 21, 2018. Saleh Al-Obeidi / AFP
    Yemeni fighters from the Amalqa ("Giants") Brigades, loyal to the Saudi-backed government, gather with armed pick-up trucks and armoured vehicles on the side of a road during the offensive to seize the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah from Iran-backed Houthi rebels, on its southern outskirts near the airport on June 21, 2018. Saleh Al-Obeidi / AFP
  • A truck crane and an armoured vehicle belonging to the Amalqa ("Giants") Brigades, loyal to the Saudi-backed government, drive along a road during the offensive to seize the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah from Iran-backed Houthi rebels, on its southern outskirts near the airport on June 21, 2018. Saleh Al-Obeidi / AFP
    A truck crane and an armoured vehicle belonging to the Amalqa ("Giants") Brigades, loyal to the Saudi-backed government, drive along a road during the offensive to seize the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah from Iran-backed Houthi rebels, on its southern outskirts near the airport on June 21, 2018. Saleh Al-Obeidi / AFP
  • A Yemeni fighter from the Amalqa ("Giants") Brigades loyal to the Saudi-backed government stands pointing a Kalashnikov assault rifle towards a crossed-out plastered poster of the Houthi rebel leader Abdulmalik al-Houthi, on the southern outskirts of the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah near the airport on June 21, 2018. Saleh Al-Obeidi / AFP
    A Yemeni fighter from the Amalqa ("Giants") Brigades loyal to the Saudi-backed government stands pointing a Kalashnikov assault rifle towards a crossed-out plastered poster of the Houthi rebel leader Abdulmalik al-Houthi, on the southern outskirts of the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah near the airport on June 21, 2018. Saleh Al-Obeidi / AFP

Yemeni forces on the offensive to take Hodeidah - in pictures

Coalition and government forces in Hodeidah are preparing to enter the rebel-held city after seizing the airport on its outskirts

The National

June 23, 2018

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