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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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Vacuum of Knowledge:  What you Need to know about the History of Syria

Vacuum of Knowledge: What you Need to know about the History of Syria

Via ISLAMICommentary Column » ‘By the Book’ with Joseph Preville by JOSEPH RICHARD PREVILLE and JULIE POUCHER HARBIN for ISLAMiCommentary on DECEMBER 4, 2015: Is […]

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Plutocracy
Peak Inequality?  400 US Billionaires are wealthier than 190 Million fellow Americans

Peak Inequality? 400 US Billionaires are wealthier than 190 Million fellow Americans

By Chuck Collins & Josh Hoxie, | (Institute for Policy Studies) | – – This report exposes the extreme wealth concentrated within the fortunes of […]

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censorship
Turkish Dr. faces Prison for Comparing Pres Erdogan to Gollum of Lord of the Rings

Turkish Dr. faces Prison for Comparing Pres Erdogan to Gollum of Lord of the Rings

AJ+ | (Video news report) | – – “Turkish doctor Bilgin Ciftci posted a meme with side-by-side pictures comparing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey […]

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Arab World
Top Seven Myths about Muslims

Top Seven Myths about Muslims

By Baher Kamal | (Inter Press Service) | – – MADRID, Dec 3 2015 (IPS) – Of all over-written, under-reported issues and regions, the Middle […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Right-wing Israeli groups “raid” 3rd Holiest Muslim Shrine

Right-wing Israeli groups “raid” 3rd Holiest Muslim Shrine

Ma’an News Agency | – – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Right-wing Israeli groups on Sunday raided the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound under the protection of Israeli forces, […]

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Shiite Iraqi politicians denounce Turkish 'Invasion,' call for Aerial bombardment

Shiite Iraqi politicians denounce Turkish ‘Invasion,’ call for Aerial bombardment

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Sawt al-`Iraq reports that sources in the Turkish military announced Saturday that about 150 Turkish troops […]

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Iraq
In the Actual fight against Daesh/ ISIL, the Key is Cutting off Mosul

In the Actual fight against Daesh/ ISIL, the Key is Cutting off Mosul

By Special Correspondent | ( Niqash.org) | – – The Sinjar victory saw the route between Mosul and Raqqa cut. But local truckers have found […]

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Syria
12 Million homeless, displaced Syrians facing Disaster as Winter Approaches

12 Million homeless, displaced Syrians facing Disaster as Winter Approaches

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — More than 12 million people in Syria — nearly half of whom are children — are […]

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Christians
Roof, Dear and Tashfeen Malik:  'Self-Radicalized,' 'Terrorism,' 'Lone Wolf' and Double Standards

Roof, Dear and Tashfeen Malik: ‘Self-Radicalized,’ ‘Terrorism,’ ‘Lone Wolf’ and Double Standards

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Federal officials are now investigating the San Bernardino massacre as an “act of terrorism” rather than […]

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