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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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Constitution
Don’t Slow Down on Impeachment

Don’t Slow Down on Impeachment

Robert Reich. | Yes! Magazine | – – The three previous presidential impeachment inquiries rested on less evidence of obstruction of justice than is already […]

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Iraq
Iraq Deployed Shiite Volunteers to defeat ISIL, but now has a Militia Problem

Iraq Deployed Shiite Volunteers to defeat ISIL, but now has a Militia Problem

Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) |. – The Iraqi government’s next big problem is coming into view: The group of powerful Shiite Muslim militias […]

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Afghanistan
Trump to Send 4,000 More US Troops to Afghanistan as Mattis admits 'Not Winning'

Trump to Send 4,000 More US Troops to Afghanistan as Mattis admits ‘Not Winning’

TeleSur | – – The Trump adminstration plans to deploy 4,000 more troops, extending the nearly The official says troops will train Afghan soldiers, and […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Putin offers Comey Asylum, likens him to Snowden

Putin offers Comey Asylum, likens him to Snowden

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – BBC Monitoring translates the remarks of Russian President Vladimir Putin broadcast on Rosiyya 1 TV on […]

Juan Cole

Children
From Syria to Somalia: Where have all the Children Gone?

From Syria to Somalia: Where have all the Children Gone?

By Karen J. Greenberg | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – “This is a war against normal life.” So said CNN correspondent Clarissa Ward, describing the […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
How Long can Qatar defy its powerful neighbors? It depends on Trump

How Long can Qatar defy its powerful neighbors? It depends on Trump

By Nader Habibi | (Conversation) | – – The recent decision by half the nations in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and a few other […]

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Climate Change
Don't get mad over Trump's Climate Policies, Get Even

Don’t get mad over Trump’s Climate Policies, Get Even

By Michael Brune | ( Otherwords.org ) | – – The White House may have accidentally sparked a revolution in efforts to address climate change. […]

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Arms Sales
Mattis overrules Trump on Qatari "terrorism," sells it $12 bn in F-15s

Mattis overrules Trump on Qatari “terrorism,” sells it $12 bn in F-15s

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis defied his boss Donald Trump on Wednesday and inked a deal […]

Juan Cole

Arab World
The top 4 Challenges facing the Arab World

The top 4 Challenges facing the Arab World

By Tarek Osman | (Project Syndicate) | – – LONDON – Fifty years after the Six Days War, the Middle East remains a region in […]

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