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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

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Sanders joins Striking Verizon Workers: says to CEOs, "I welcome their Contempt"

Sanders joins Striking Verizon Workers: says to CEOs, “I welcome their Contempt”

TeleSur The senator from Vermont thanked the striking workers for “standing up for justice against corporate greed.” Nearly 40,000 Verizon Communications workers walked off the […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Erekat: Escalation of Israeli squatter settlement construction a 'war crime'

Erekat: Escalation of Israeli squatter settlement construction a ‘war crime’

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — PLO Secretary-General Saeb Erekat denounced on Wednesday recent Israeli plans to expand illegal settlement construction in […]

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Arab Spring
5 Years After Revolution, Egyptians See #PanamaPapers as Further Vindication of Mubarak's Ouster

5 Years After Revolution, Egyptians See #PanamaPapers as Further Vindication of Mubarak’s Ouster

By Salma Essam | (Global Voices) | – – Among the names contained in the Panama Papers, the enormous trove of confidential documents revealing how […]

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Arab Spring
Arab Youth view ISIL as major Mideast Obstacle, want less Religion

Arab Youth view ISIL as major Mideast Obstacle, want less Religion

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The annual Arab Youth survey conducted by pollsters Burson-Marsteller is out, reporting on 3500 interviews with […]

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Democratic Party
Is Hillary Clinton vulnerable to Trump over her 2002 vote for the Iraq War?

Is Hillary Clinton vulnerable to Trump over her 2002 vote for the Iraq War?

Tom F.A Watts | (The Conversation) | – – To the horror of almost everyone in mainstream US politics, it seems increasingly likely that by […]

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Bernie Sanders
Forget the Trump/Cruz Circus:  Why Liberals are the Future of America

Forget the Trump/Cruz Circus: Why Liberals are the Future of America

By James A. Haught | (Informed Comment) | – – In the chaotic presidential campaign, the remarkable popularity of Democratic Socialist Bernie Sanders spotlights a […]

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Children
Lebanon:  Over 70% of Syrian Refugee Children Forced into Exploitative Child Labor

Lebanon: Over 70% of Syrian Refugee Children Forced into Exploitative Child Labor

TeleSur | – – A report by an anti-slavery group also details how Syrian refugee girls are being forced into child marriage and sex slavery. […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Watchdog: Israeli approval for squatter units more than doubles in 2016

Watchdog: Israeli approval for squatter units more than doubles in 2016

Ma’an News Agency | (Informed Comment) | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israel has advanced plans for 250 percent more settler homes in the first […]

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Saudi's King Salman in Turkey signals thaw in Ankara-Riyadh Tensions

Saudi’s King Salman in Turkey signals thaw in Ankara-Riyadh Tensions

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Saudi Arabia’s King Salman is visiting Turkey today, after his trip to Egypt this past weekend […]

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