Turkey and Syria are working to integrate themselves into the India-Middle East-Europe (IMEC) trade corridor in place of Israel, according to a report by Kan 11's Roi Kais. The initiative, designed to bypass the Strait of Hormuz, now faces a rival track that would exclude Israel, with Israeli officials said to be belatedly grasping the danger and scrambling to minimize damage.
According to a report by Kan 11 journalist Roi Kais, Turkey and Syria are attempting to insert themselves into the IMEC corridor — the India-Middle East-Europe trade route designed to circumvent the Strait of Hormuz — at Israel's expense. Kais noted that Israeli officials have only recently recognized the strategic risk and are now scrambling to mitigate the damage.
The IMEC project, initially envisioned with Israel as a key node linking Asia to Europe via the Gulf, Jordan, and Israeli ports, has drawn growing Turkish-Syrian interest. The competing route would shift the trade axis northward, passing through Syria and Turkey, denying Israel both economic benefits and geopolitical leverage.
As The Zioneer has previously reported, the rivalry over IMEC has intensified over recent weeks, with Israeli analysts warning of an 'all-out race' between Turkey and Israel for control of alternative trade corridors. Minister Miri Regev recently appealed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling the Turkish push a genuine strategic risk to national security. The latest report suggests the threat is materializing.
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