Turkey and Saudi Arabia are promoting a proposed overland trade and transport corridor linking the Gulf region to Europe through Syria and Jordan, a project that would bypass Israel and compete with the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), according to a report by the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth.

Two rival land corridors aim to bypass Hormuz: a Turkey-Saudi route through Syria and Jordan, and an Israel-backed Gulf-Jordan-Haifa plan, as Ankara and Riyadh move ahead

Turkey and Saudi Arabia are promoting a proposed overland trade and transport corridor linking the Gulf region to Europe through Syria and Jordan, a project that would bypass…