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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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Why couldn’t the Corporate Old Boys’ Network Stop Trump?

Why couldn’t the Corporate Old Boys’ Network Stop Trump?

By Johan Chu & Jerry Davis | (The Conversation) | – – If corporate money controls our politics, as Bernie Sanders and others have claimed, […]

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Why Trump is (really) wrong to bet against US Military-backed Mosul Campaign

Why Trump is (really) wrong to bet against US Military-backed Mosul Campaign

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – As Josh Rogin pointed out, Donald Trump’s pronouncement that the Mosul campaign is bound to fail […]

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American Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq outlive Anti-War Legend Tom Hayden, RIP

American Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq outlive Anti-War Legend Tom Hayden, RIP

TeleSur | – – A prolific author of over 20 books, Hayden cut his teeth as a student activist against the U.S. war in Vietnam […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Remember when Nazis stripped Jews of Citizenship?  Now Israeli Right wants To

Remember when Nazis stripped Jews of Citizenship? Now Israeli Right wants To

TeleSur | – – Coalition whip MK David Bitan also wants to strip citizenship from B’Tselem director Hagai El-Ad, after he made calls to sanction […]

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Guns
Gun Industry in US kills 7 Kids a Day

Gun Industry in US kills 7 Kids a Day

By Gary Younge | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – Every day, on average, seven kids and teens are shot dead in America. Election 2016 […]

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Iraqi Kurdistan forces take Bashiqa on road to Mosul

Iraqi Kurdistan forces take Bashiqa on road to Mosul

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – On Sunday, AFP reports in Arabic, Iraqi forces continued their advance on Mosul despite the car […]

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Israel/ Palestine
101st Illegal Land Grab: Israel Squatters Seize Palestinian-owned lands in Jordan Valley

101st Illegal Land Grab: Israel Squatters Seize Palestinian-owned lands in Jordan Valley

IMEMC News | – – Late last week, Israeli settlers reportedly took over a Palestinian-owned area of land in al-Humma region of the northern Jordan […]

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Norman Finkelstein on 58 Years of Israeli Occupation of Palestine

Norman Finkelstein on 58 Years of Israeli Occupation of Palestine

Tommaso Segantini interviews Norman Finkelstein | (TeleSur) | – – Renowned scholar and political activist Norman Finkelstein speaks with teleSUR English about a range of […]

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Will Kurdish Soldiers Withdraw From Parts Of Mosul Their Leaders Covet?

Will Kurdish Soldiers Withdraw From Parts Of Mosul Their Leaders Covet?

By Histyar Qader | Erbil | (Niqash.org) | – – Baghdad and Iraqi Kurdistan have agreed where Kurdish military should fight. But, as commanders worry, […]

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