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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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Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Istanbul explosion: overview of this year's surge in terror attacks in Turkey

Istanbul explosion: overview of this year’s surge in terror attacks in Turkey

France 24 | (Video News Report) | – – “Istanbul explosion: overview of this year’s surge in violence and terror attacks in Turkey. As no […]

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Foreign Policy
None of the GOP Candidates knows anything about Syria & Why that's Scary

None of the GOP Candidates knows anything about Syria & Why that’s Scary

By John Kiriakou | (Otherwords.org) | – – “Ending this imbroglio requires robust diplomacy.” One ongoing theme [of the GOP campaign has] bothered me — […]

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Israel/ Palestine
UNRWA: Only 20% of Gaza Reconstruction Funds Received

UNRWA: Only 20% of Gaza Reconstruction Funds Received

By IMEMC | – – The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said that it received only […]

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Climate Change
8,000 Suddenly Dead Birds in Alaska; What does it Mean?

8,000 Suddenly Dead Birds in Alaska; What does it Mean?

AJ+ | – – “The death of about 8,000 Alaskan birds might be due to unusually warm waters. “Seabirds are indicators of the health of […]

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Petroleum
The Oil Pricequake:  From Russia to Saudi Arabia & Iran, a suddenly Perilous World

The Oil Pricequake: From Russia to Saudi Arabia & Iran, a suddenly Perilous World

By Michael T. Klare | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – As 2015 drew to a close, many in the global energy industry were praying that […]

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Saudi Arabia
Prince of Araby:  The reckless power behind the Saudi throne

Prince of Araby: The reckless power behind the Saudi throne

By Susan de Muth | ( OpenDemocracy) | – – King Salman’s son Mohammad seems to be piloting Saudi Arabia into a series of ever […]

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Bernie Sanders
New Polls:  Is Bernie Sanders *more* electable than Sec. Clinton?

New Polls: Is Bernie Sanders *more* electable than Sec. Clinton?

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks Video Report) | – – “Here comes Bernie! New polls show Hillary Clinton’s Iowa lead is all but gone… […]

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Thwarted Territorially in Ramadi, Daesh reverts to Terrorism in Baghdad

Thwarted Territorially in Ramadi, Daesh reverts to Terrorism in Baghdad

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – One of the problems Iraq and Syria will face as Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) is gradually rolled […]

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Russia
Putin:  Syria's Al-Assad welcome to Refuge in Russia

Putin: Syria’s Al-Assad welcome to Refuge in Russia

Vladimir Putin | (Der Bild) | – – Excerpt from part II of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s interview in the German publication, Der Bild, on […]

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