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Lebanon’s Solar Capacity surged since 2020 to 1.5 gigawatts, as Homeowners tired of Blackouts
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Lebanon’s Solar Capacity surged since 2020 to 1.5 gigawatts, as Homeowners tired of Blackouts

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Lebanese Ministry of Energy has let three bids for new solar farms of 15 megawatts each, for a total […]

Syria: Israel Forcibly Displaces Villagers in Occupied South

Syria: Israel Forcibly Displaces Villagers in Occupied South

09/29/2025 By Human Rights Watch

A Strategy for Controlling an Out-of-Control Government: Alliance, Defiance, Noncompliance

A Strategy for Controlling an Out-of-Control Government: Alliance, Defiance, Noncompliance

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Dutch Furious as Israel seizes Solar Panels donated to Palestinians

Dutch Furious as Israel seizes Solar Panels donated to Palestinians

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Netherlands has reacted with outrage after Israeli authorities seized dozens of solar panels in a […]

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Iraq
Iraq united to defeat ISIL, but can it avoid Break-up Afterwards?

Iraq united to defeat ISIL, but can it avoid Break-up Afterwards?

By Dylan O’Driscoll | ( OpenDemocracy.net ) | – – Multiple segments of the population, including at elite level, have come together in the fight […]

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Donald Trump
Trump has it Backwards:  Green Energy will Make America Great

Trump has it Backwards: Green Energy will Make America Great

By Joseph E. Stiglitz | (Project Syndicate) | – – BRUSSELS – Under President Donald Trump’s leadership, the United States took another major step toward […]

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Authoritarianism
With CNN Reporter Attack Video, Trump apes Seedy Dictators

With CNN Reporter Attack Video, Trump apes Seedy Dictators

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump has taken another big step toward becoming an African dictator. On Sunday he tweeted a […]

Juan Cole

France
Gunmen Shoot at Mosque-goers in France, Injure 8, including Child

Gunmen Shoot at Mosque-goers in France, Injure 8, including Child

TeleSur | – – Avignon police are now searching for the suspects who fled the scene. In the southeastern city of Avignon in France’s Provence […]

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censorship
Did Trump commit a crime in trying to Blackmail Mika and Joe? (TYT)

Did Trump commit a crime in trying to Blackmail Mika and Joe? (TYT)

Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, Ben Mankiewicz | TYT Video Report | – – “The President of the United States is tight with the owner of […]

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France
Another "Unbalanced" White Terrorist targets Muslims at Mosque Near Paris

Another “Unbalanced” White Terrorist targets Muslims at Mosque Near Paris

TeleSur | – – Although the official investigation clearly said the attack was “deliberate,” the mainstream French media failed to report it. A man in […]

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Afghanistan
Top 6 Things Trump didn't know about Herat when he barred Girl robotics Scientists from US

Top 6 Things Trump didn’t know about Herat when he barred Girl robotics Scientists from US

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The US embassy in Kabul has denied a visa to 6 Afghan high school students from […]

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censorship
UN: Saudi Bloc attempt to close Al Jazeera is attack on Freedom of Expression

UN: Saudi Bloc attempt to close Al Jazeera is attack on Freedom of Expression

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Reuters reports that U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, is “extremely concerned by […]

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