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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

09/29/2025 By Tomdispatch

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London Mosque attack:  Did Trump's Tweets embolden Bigots?

London Mosque attack: Did Trump’s Tweets embolden Bigots?

by Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – A man driving a white van swerved just after midnight early Monday morning into a crowd […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Did Trump see the Real Jerusalem or only the Museum Version?

Did Trump see the Real Jerusalem or only the Museum Version?

Shalom L. Goldman | (Informed Comment) | – – On Donald Trump’s two- day visit to Jerusalem in late May, a visit which disrupted commercial […]

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Top Five things to know about Sharia (Muslim Canon Law)

Top Five things to know about Sharia (Muslim Canon Law)

Asma Afsaruddin | (The Conversation) | – – Editor’s note: A conservative grassroots organization, ACT for America, organized a “March against Sharia” in at least […]

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Civil Rights
What can today’s Activists learn  from the Summer of Love and the New Left?

What can today’s Activists learn from the Summer of Love and the New Left?

Ira Chernus | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – It’s the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love. What better place to celebrate than that […]

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Putin's End Game in Syria

Putin’s End Game in Syria

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Syrian press is watching Oliver Stone’s interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin and likes what […]

Juan Cole

Kurds
Have Syria's Kurds invented a Democratic Neo-Socialism?

Have Syria’s Kurds invented a Democratic Neo-Socialism?

Dmitry Petrov | (OpenDemocracy.net) | – – In an effort to get through to the Syrian Kurdish autonomous region, I met kindred spirits and found […]

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censorship
Do Egyptians have any Rights Left at All? - HRW

Do Egyptians have any Rights Left at All? – HRW

Human Rights Watch | – – (Beirut) – Egyptian authorities in recent weeks have arrested at least 50 peaceful political activists, blocked at least 62 […]

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Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Aerospace Campaign in Syria:  Did Putin kill ISIL's so-called 'caliph'?

Aerospace Campaign in Syria: Did Putin kill ISIL’s so-called ‘caliph’?

TeleSur | – – The statement came a day after Russia said it killed several senior leaders, 30 field commanders and up to 300 of […]

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In March for 1st Time, 10% of US Electricity came from Wind and Solar

In March for 1st Time, 10% of US Electricity came from Wind and Solar

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – I’ve been a booster of renewable energy for years and years. I can remember when readers […]

Juan Cole

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