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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
How Israel has trapped its Bedouins between a dump and red tape

How Israel has trapped its Bedouins between a dump and red tape

By Jonah Mandel | ( Your Middle East ) | – – The almost unbearable stench of the dump fades for a moment when Musa […]

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Syria:  Russia Targets Daesh in Palmyra despite Drawdown

Syria: Russia Targets Daesh in Palmyra despite Drawdown

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Despite the Russian announcement of a determination to withdraw the bulk of its air force from […]

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Iran
Iranians Celebrate first Now Ruz (New Year's) Since lifting of Int'l Sanctions

Iranians Celebrate first Now Ruz (New Year’s) Since lifting of Int’l Sanctions

CCTV | (Video News Report) | – – “March 20 marks the Persian New Year, Nowruz, which translates as “New Day.” Millions of people across […]

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Afghanistan
'Not Sharia': Female Afghan Rap Star campaigns against Child Marriage

‘Not Sharia’: Female Afghan Rap Star campaigns against Child Marriage

Jon Snow | (Channel 4 News Video Report) | – – “Sonita Alizadeh was just 10-years-old the first time her parents tried to sell her […]

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Climate Change
Climate Change: 13 Million Americans in Path of slow-motion sea rise Tsunami

Climate Change: 13 Million Americans in Path of slow-motion sea rise Tsunami

by Nadia Prupis, staff writer | (( Commondreams.org) | – – “Once you take into account growth of population, the numbers end up being two […]

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Authoritarianism
Turkey's Erdogan: Democracy Has 'Absolutely No Value Any Longer'  given war on PKK Terrorism

Turkey’s Erdogan: Democracy Has ‘Absolutely No Value Any Longer’ given war on PKK Terrorism

TeleSur | – – “Democracy Has ‘Absolutely No Value Any Longer’” The Turkish president made the comments in the context of the government’s fight against […]

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Government surveillance
Mr. President: Weakening Apple’s Defenses puts us all at Risk

Mr. President: Weakening Apple’s Defenses puts us all at Risk

Electronic Frontier Foundation | – – The Apple Fight Is About All of Us A Joint Statement from Access Now, the American Civil Liberties Union, […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Netanyahu Targets for Prosecution Whistleblowers on Israeli Military abuses in Neighboring Palestine

Netanyahu Targets for Prosecution Whistleblowers on Israeli Military abuses in Neighboring Palestine

IMEMC | – – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said rights group Breaking the Silence had “crossed a red line”, following allegations that the group […]

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More US Muslims favor Bernie Sanders than do US Jews

More US Muslims favor Bernie Sanders than do US Jews

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU) published a new opinion poll on America’s Muslims […]

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