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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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Boko Haram
Family & Friends, not Religion, Draw People into Terrorist Groups

Family & Friends, not Religion, Draw People into Terrorist Groups

By Rose Delaney | (Inter Press Service) | – – LONDON (IPS) – A recent study supported by the government of Finland has found widespread […]

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Climate Change
Clinton brings back Gore, talks Green, but still Opposes Carbon Tax

Clinton brings back Gore, talks Green, but still Opposes Carbon Tax

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – On Tuesday, Hillary Clinton campaigned in Miami with Al Gore, attempting both to shore up her […]

Juan Cole

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Apocalypse Or Bust:  ISIL and the Battle For Dabiq

Apocalypse Or Bust: ISIL and the Battle For Dabiq

By David Patrikarakos | ( RFE/RL ) | – – The town of Dabiq, in northern Syria, around 25 miles from Aleppo, with its population […]

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Foreign Policy
In a Multipolar World, the US can no Longer Intervene at Will

In a Multipolar World, the US can no Longer Intervene at Will

By Dilip Hiro | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – In the strangest election year in recent American history — one in which the Libertarian […]

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Islam-hatred
Eight ways that Islamophobia operates in everyday life

Eight ways that Islamophobia operates in everyday life

Peter Hopkins, Gurchathen Sanghera, and Kate Botterill | (The Conversation) | – – Immigration and national identity currently are at the forefront of the public […]

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Education
Would US have more security if it spent on Global Ed instead of on War industries?

Would US have more security if it spent on Global Ed instead of on War industries?

By Jeffrey D. Sachs | (Project Syndicate) | – – NEW YORK – The United States needs to shift its spending from war to education, […]

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Democratic Party
The Unbearable Horror of Donald Trump

The Unbearable Horror of Donald Trump

By David M. Faris | (Informed Comment) | – – Monday’s debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton was a bizarre, disorienting carnival from the […]

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Russia and Turkey Make up:  What implications for Syria, Kurds?

Russia and Turkey Make up: What implications for Syria, Kurds?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Russian President Vladimir Putin was in Turkey on Monday for direct talks with Turkish President Tayyip […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Why does Israel have 200K Palestinians in WB Refugee Camps under Siege?

Why does Israel have 200K Palestinians in WB Refugee Camps under Siege?

By Fabíola Ortiz | (Inter Press Service) | – – An eight-meter-high “security wall” borders part of the Aida refugee camp, 1.5 km north of […]

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