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Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1
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Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Turkiye [Turkey] is a European country, since part of its territory lies in Europe. So the following sentence is true: […]

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

09/21/2025 By Binoy Kampmark

Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

09/21/2025 By Global Voices

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Arab Youth join socialist Syrian Kurdish militia to fight ISIL

Arab Youth join socialist Syrian Kurdish militia to fight ISIL

TeleSur | – – The news comes amid rising tensions between the U.S.-backed Kurdish militia and Arabs in Syria. The “first group of Arab fighters” […]

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Islam
Gianna Toboni's Cycle of Terror Debrief (VICE on HBO)

Gianna Toboni’s Cycle of Terror Debrief (VICE on HBO)

A brief report on western views towards Muslims and Islam following the Paris attacks

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As Syrian Army advances East of Aleppo, ISIL strikes back with Bombings that kill 140

As Syrian Army advances East of Aleppo, ISIL strikes back with Bombings that kill 140

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) said Sunday that it was behind the horrific bombings that struck Shiites in […]

Juan Cole

Children
Two Children Die Every Day Trying to Cross the Mediterranean

Two Children Die Every Day Trying to Cross the Mediterranean

TeleSur | – – Children make up 36 percent of the those making the perilous migration journey across the sea, often to flee conflicts. As […]

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Green Energy
Can Morocco Create a New Middle East through Green Energy?

Can Morocco Create a New Middle East through Green Energy?

By Moha Ennaji | ( Project Syndicate) | – – FEZ – The global oil-price bust has devastated economies across the Middle East and North […]

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Afghanistan
Afghanistan:  Washington's Twenty-First-Century Opium Wars

Afghanistan: Washington’s Twenty-First-Century Opium Wars

By Alfred McCoy | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – In October 2001, the U.S. launched its invasion of Afghanistan largely through proxy Afghan fighters […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli forces demolish sole school in Bedouin community

Israeli forces demolish sole school in Bedouin community

Ma’an News Agency | – – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces on Sunday demolished a Bedouin school for children in the Abu al-Nuwaar community near […]

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poetry
Spirit and Sensuality in the mystical Sufi poetry of Rumi

Spirit and Sensuality in the mystical Sufi poetry of Rumi

By Nesreen Akhtarkhavari and Anthony A. Lee, Translators | (Informed Comment) | – – The poems of Rumi, the thirteenth-century teacher, scholar, and poet known […]

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Christians
Trump's SC Victory and anti-Muslim Hatred

Trump’s SC Victory and anti-Muslim Hatred

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Billionaire bigot Donald Trump won the South Carolina primary Saturday with about 32.5 percent of the […]

Juan Cole

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