The UN greenlit Trump’s peace plan this week, but its realisation faces major hurdles, with Arab and Muslim nations hesitant to participate in an International Stabilisation Force (ISF) that could clash with Palestinian militants.

The Yemeni government is yet to make a decision, the sources, including a top Yemeni diplomat, a military official and an official from the Presidential Leadership Council, said.

They all spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters.

A source at the presidential council and the Yemeni diplomat said any contribution to the force would be largely symbolic.

A senior military official said Yemen’s “participation in the international force has been discussed with the Americans, but we have not yet received an official request” to join the force.

Yemen’s internationally-recognised government is largely fractured and weakened.

It was kicked out of the capital Sanaa by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in 2014, who now control most of Yemen’s population centres.

Hamas is opposed to the establishment of the force, with its Houthi ally likely to be infuriated over Yemeni participation.