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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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Autopsy as Vienna Syria Summit concludes: Did US let its hard Line Saudi Ally run Wild?

Autopsy as Vienna Syria Summit concludes: Did US let its hard Line Saudi Ally run Wild?

By Carlyn Meyer | (Informed Comment) | – – Deep contradictions in the Administration’s Syria policy are on full display as the US, Russia, Iran […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli soldiers tell Palestinians: ‘We will gas you until you die'

Israeli soldiers tell Palestinians: ‘We will gas you until you die’

By Megan Hanna | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – On October 29, Israeli military forces issued a disturbing message to residents of Aida refugee […]

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Syria: On eve of Vienna Summit, Has Russia changed the facts on the Ground?

Syria: On eve of Vienna Summit, Has Russia changed the facts on the Ground?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Writing in al-Hayat [Life] this week, columnist Walid Choucair outlined the successes he sees Russia to […]

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Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Why Russia Fears ISIL:  Panic over Domestic Terror Plots & Wave of Arrests

Why Russia Fears ISIL: Panic over Domestic Terror Plots & Wave of Arrests

By Joanna Paraszczuk | ( RFE/ RL ) | – – Russia appears to be cracking down on Muslims and labor migrants in response to […]

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Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
More of Iraq's Kurdish Women Training to Fight Extremists

More of Iraq’s Kurdish Women Training to Fight Extremists

Shalaw Mohammed | Erbil | ( Niqash.org ) | – – Increasing numbers of Iraqi Kurdish women are training to become soldiers; they want to […]

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Drone Warfare
2016 Campaign and Forever War: Electorate gone to Disney World

2016 Campaign and Forever War: Electorate gone to Disney World

By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – You may not know it, but you’re living in a futuristic science fiction novel. And […]

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Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders Hugs Muslim Student And Vows To Fight Racism

Bernie Sanders Hugs Muslim Student And Vows To Fight Racism

AJ+ | (Video News Report) | – – “Bernie Sanders promises to fight the “ugly stain” of anti-Islamic sentiment across the U.S.” AJ+: “Bernie Sanders […]

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Iran's Attendance at Syria talks in Vienna marks its Emergence as Regional Power

Iran’s Attendance at Syria talks in Vienna marks its Emergence as Regional Power

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – On Friday, Iran and Saudi Arabia will both attend an international summit on Syria and speak […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Amnesty: Israeli forces have 'ripped up the rulebook'

Amnesty: Israeli forces have ‘ripped up the rulebook’

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Amnesty International on Tuesday demanded that Israel stop unlawful killings in occupied Palestinian territory, stating that […]

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