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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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Fossil Fuels
Oil Glut Blues and the last hurrah of the Fossil Fuel Bubble

Oil Glut Blues and the last hurrah of the Fossil Fuel Bubble

Michael T. Klare | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Three and a half years ago, the International Energy Agency (IEA) triggered headlines around the world […]

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Islam-hatred
Young American Muslim Protesting Trump Racism ejected from Rally in Style

Young American Muslim Protesting Trump Racism ejected from Rally in Style

TeleSur | – – The U.S. citizen of Pakistani descent was dressed in sunglasses and a long South Asian coat. An Asian American was escorted […]

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Israel/ Palestine
That stream of Refugees into Europe?  It includes Palestinians forced out by Israeli Occupation

That stream of Refugees into Europe? It includes Palestinians forced out by Israeli Occupation

By IMEMC | – – Palestinians are joining the Middle East exodus to Europe in greater numbers because of the Syrian war and ongoing Israeli […]

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Netanyahu GOP Policy in Tatters, he snubs White House Invitation

Netanyahu GOP Policy in Tatters, he snubs White House Invitation

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – A year ago, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu intervened in US politics in a big way, […]

Juan Cole

Republican Party
'He would Make US like Syria';  Muslim-Americans of Dearborn on a Trump Victory

‘He would Make US like Syria’; Muslim-Americans of Dearborn on a Trump Victory

AJ+ | (Video Report) | – – “Donald Trump is leading in the presidential primaries, despite some of the alarming things he’s said, including about […]

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Inequality
7 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About The Ultra Rich

7 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About The Ultra Rich

By Scott Klinger | ( Inequality.org ) | – – New data provides a glimpse into the lives of the richest of rich—how the 400 […]

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Syria
Disillusioned Volunteer Says Syria A Battle For War Booty, Territory

Disillusioned Volunteer Says Syria A Battle For War Booty, Territory

By Luljeta Krasniqi Veseli and Charles Recknagel | ( RFE/RL | – – “In the beginning, when I went [to Syria], everybody was greeting us. […]

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Displaced and Refugees
As EU pays Turkey billions to stop migrants, Anger over 'unconscionable' border closures

As EU pays Turkey billions to stop migrants, Anger over ‘unconscionable’ border closures

By Lauren McCauley, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org ) | – – As EU and Turkey barter over migrant lives, campaigners decry pay-outs and border […]

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As Bomb Kills 60, is Iraq Army Preparing for Armageddon with ISIL?

As Bomb Kills 60, is Iraq Army Preparing for Armageddon with ISIL?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – A truck bombing in the largely Shiite city of Hilla killed 60 on Sunday, one of […]

Juan Cole

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