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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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Arab World
Is Climate Change drying out the Middle East even More?

Is Climate Change drying out the Middle East even More?

By Baher Kamal | (Inter Press Service) | – – CAIRO (IPS) – There is an oil producing country situated in the Gulf region, made […]

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Climate Change
Earth Day 2016:  The Onslaughts of Mal-Development

Earth Day 2016: The Onslaughts of Mal-Development

By H Patricia Hynes | (Informed Comment) | – – In June 1969, the Cuyahoga River caught fire from floating oil and combustible debris as […]

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Climate Change
12% Greenland Ice Sheet Melt Earliest on Record: "This is Epic!"

12% Greenland Ice Sheet Melt Earliest on Record: “This is Epic!”

Ed Schultz | (RT America) | – – “Environmentalists are calling attention to record-high temperatures at 41 degrees above normal in Greenland, causing a rapid […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli police: Explosive device on bus in Jerusalem bus causes 21 injuries

Israeli police: Explosive device on bus in Jerusalem bus causes 21 injuries

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — An explosive device caused an Israeli bus to catch fire on Monday evening in southern Jerusalem, […]

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Climate Change
Will Climate change make the Middle East  Uninhabitable?

Will Climate change make the Middle East Uninhabitable?

By Baher Kamal | (Inter Press Service) | – – CAIRO (IPS) – This is not about any alarming header—it is the dramatic conclusion of […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Who are the Syrian Refugees, really, and where are they?  Hint:  Mainly women and children, & not in the West

Who are the Syrian Refugees, really, and where are they? Hint: Mainly women and children, & not in the West

By Jeffrey H. Cohen | (The Conversation) | – – Editor’s note: This article is part of our collaboration with Point Taken, a new program […]

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Barack Obama
6 Policies Obama wants Saudi Arabia to Change

6 Policies Obama wants Saudi Arabia to Change

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – After his critical comments in an interview in The Atlantic last month, Barack Obama’s visit to […]

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Top 7 Reasons Israel must give back the Occupied Golan to Syria

Top 7 Reasons Israel must give back the Occupied Golan to Syria

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The far right wing regime of Binyamin Netanyahu pulled the stunt of holding its first cabinet […]

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Education
Anti-Muslim Bigotry @ Idaho State to cost Pocatello $400 mn./ yr

Anti-Muslim Bigotry @ Idaho State to cost Pocatello $400 mn./ yr

Jay Hidlebrandt, Karole Honas, Misty Inglet | – KIFI Local News 8 | – – “The Idaho U.S. Attorney Wendy Olson held a press conference […]

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