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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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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Military seizes Female Gaza aid Flotilla

Israeli Military seizes Female Gaza aid Flotilla

By Andrea Germanos, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – – Group including Nobel laureate Mairead Maguire aimed ‘to highlight the vital role women play not […]

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Democratic Party
"Little Trump"  Pence:  Bomb Syria, confront Russia, smear refugees; & smoking doesn't cause Cancer

“Little Trump” Pence: Bomb Syria, confront Russia, smear refugees; & smoking doesn’t cause Cancer

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump running mate Mike Pence continued the unreality of this election season in Tuesday’s debate by […]

Juan Cole

Democratic Party
Balder & Dash:  Would our presidential Candidates start a Nuclear War?  They won’t answer.

Balder & Dash: Would our presidential Candidates start a Nuclear War? They won’t answer.

By Andrew J. Bacevich | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – You may have missed it. Perhaps you dozed off. Or wandered into the kitchen to […]

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Corporate Surveillance
Yahoo helped in unconstitutional US Gov. mass Surveillance of Americans' Email

Yahoo helped in unconstitutional US Gov. mass Surveillance of Americans’ Email

By Andrew Crocker and Mark Rumold | (Electronic Frontier Foundation) | – – In a bombshell published today, Reuters is reporting that, in 2015, Yahoo […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Death by the numbers: A year of violence in the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel

Death by the numbers: A year of violence in the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel

By Chloe Benoist | Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — In October 2015 began what has been in turn called a wave […]

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US breaks off Military Cooperation with Russia in Syria

US breaks off Military Cooperation with Russia in Syria

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Arab press reacted to the announcement on Monday by the US government that it was […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
In Mosul, ISIL Extremists Wall in Residents, prepare for Armageddon

In Mosul, ISIL Extremists Wall in Residents, prepare for Armageddon

Special Correspondent | Mosul | (Niqash.org) | – – In Mosul, the Islamic State is preparing for a siege, building walls, tunnels and trenches and […]

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Arab World
The Challenge for the Arab World of tackling Gender-based Violence

The Challenge for the Arab World of tackling Gender-based Violence

By Lina Abirafeh | (The Conversation) | – – It should now be beyond dispute that gender-based violence is a critical human rights issue – […]

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African-Americans
Marvel's New Black Panther Comic - Q&A With Author Ta-Nehisi Coates

Marvel’s New Black Panther Comic – Q&A With Author Ta-Nehisi Coates

Ta-Nehisi Coates | (The Atlantic Video) “The Atlantic’s Ta-Nehisi Coates visited Fantom Comics in Dupont Circle, Washington DC to take questions from fans about his […]

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