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Lebanon’s Solar Capacity surged since 2020 to 1.5 gigawatts, as Homeowners tired of Blackouts
Climate Crisis

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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Climate Change
Hope:  World Economy Grew but CO2 Emissions Slowed in 2015 (Less Coal, more Wind & Solar)

Hope: World Economy Grew but CO2 Emissions Slowed in 2015 (Less Coal, more Wind & Solar)

Pep Canadell | (The Conversation) | – – Despite robust global economic growth over the past two years, worldwide carbon emissions from fossil fuels grew […]

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Islam-hatred
'You ain't no Muslim, Bruv' retort to London Attacker goes Viral

‘You ain’t no Muslim, Bruv’ retort to London Attacker goes Viral

By Jon Queally, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – – With anti-Muslim and xenophobic sentiment on the rise in the wake of Paris attacks, social […]

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Colonialism
Western Invasions can't fix the Middle East because they wrecked the Middle East

Western Invasions can’t fix the Middle East because they wrecked the Middle East

By Baher Kamal | (Inter Press Service) | – – MADRID (IPS) – One hundred years ago, on 6 May 1916, two men, Briton Sir […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Occupation Court Sentences Palestinian Legislator for Thought Crimes

Israeli Occupation Court Sentences Palestinian Legislator for Thought Crimes

By IMEMC News | – – An Israeli court sentenced, Sunday, democratically-elected leftist Palestinian legislator, and a senior political leader of the Popular Front for […]

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Trump vs. the Founding Fathers on Muslims Coming to US

Trump vs. the Founding Fathers on Muslims Coming to US

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In his never-ending trolling of the American public, Donald Trump has now come out and urged […]

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Barack Obama
Obama vs. Daesh/ISIL:  Freedom is more powerful than Fear & We Refuse to take the Bait

Obama vs. Daesh/ISIL: Freedom is more powerful than Fear & We Refuse to take the Bait

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – President Obama addressed the nation on Sunday night, in an attempt to calm the public mood […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Our new Cold War is with Global Warming

Our new Cold War is with Global Warming

By Tom Engelhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – For six centuries or more, history was, above all, the story of the great game of empires. […]

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Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
ISIL/ Daesh can be Starved of Oil Revenue: Here's How

ISIL/ Daesh can be Starved of Oil Revenue: Here’s How

By David Stupples | (The Conversation) | – – The high costs of running the Islamic State’s “caliphate” and fighting a ground war are largely […]

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Climate Change
A brief guide to Climate Change, COP21 and the Middle East

A brief guide to Climate Change, COP21 and the Middle East

By Lina Eklund | ( Your Middle East “When it comes to climate change the Middle East is part of the problem and will definitely […]

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