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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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Why Flint’s Tainted Water is a Human Rights Disaster

Why Flint’s Tainted Water is a Human Rights Disaster

By Amanda Klasing, Senior Researcher, Women’s Rights Division | (Human Rights Watch) | – – Nearly two years ago, the city of Flint, Michigan switched […]

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Arab Americans
Not just “Immigrants”: 3 Arab-Americans Central to American History

Not just “Immigrants”: 3 Arab-Americans Central to American History

By Hsain Ilahiane | (Informed Comment) | – – Arabs and Muslims Made and Are Still Making America Great: One came on foot, one with […]

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Arab Spring
Tahrir 5 Years Later:  The Hurdles to Democratization & Arab Youth Revolts

Tahrir 5 Years Later: The Hurdles to Democratization & Arab Youth Revolts

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – A frequently met-with Western political and often journalistic narrative of the 2011 youth revolts in the […]

Juan Cole

Counter-Terrorism
Daesh/ ISIL in the Digital Realm v2.0

Daesh/ ISIL in the Digital Realm v2.0

By Michael Degerald | ( History X ISIS ) Not long ago I wrote a piece that explored various facets of how Daesh, the organization, […]

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Iraq
The Kurdish Women fighters taking on Daesh/ ISIL:  An Eyewitness Account

The Kurdish Women fighters taking on Daesh/ ISIL: An Eyewitness Account

By Brian Glyn Williams | (Informed Comment) | – – It was the sort of invitation that causes both excitement and trepidation, an invite to […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Netanyahu voices support for Israeli squatter takeover of Palestinian Buildings in Hebron outside Israel

Netanyahu voices support for Israeli squatter takeover of Palestinian Buildings in Hebron outside Israel

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated his government’s support of illegal settlements in the West Bank […]

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Foreign Policy
'We had to destroy the Country to save it, Sir!' The US Imperial Treadmill in Iraq etc.

‘We had to destroy the Country to save it, Sir!’ The US Imperial Treadmill in Iraq etc.

By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com) One of the charms of the future is its powerful element of unpredictability, its ability to ambush us in […]

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China
Dragon & Phoenix:  Khamenei Lauds New Sino-Iranian 'Strategic Partnership'

Dragon & Phoenix: Khamenei Lauds New Sino-Iranian ‘Strategic Partnership’

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Iran’s clerical leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, spoke Saturday on the occasion of the state visit to […]

Juan Cole

Banking
Fearing the Bern, Billionaire Bloomberg Threatens to Buy Election for Establishment

Fearing the Bern, Billionaire Bloomberg Threatens to Buy Election for Establishment

By Jon Queally, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org ) | – – Former New York City mayor indicates willingness to spend “at least $1 billion”… […]

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