Informed Comment Homepage

Thoughts on the Middle East, History and Religion

Header Right

  • Featured
  • US politics
  • Middle East
  • Environment
  • US Foreign Policy
  • Energy
  • Economy
  • Politics
  • About
  • Archives
  • Submissions

© 2025 Informed Comment

  • Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Main Content

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

More Stories

Iran
Could Nuclear Deal hand power to Reformists inside Iran?

Could Nuclear Deal hand power to Reformists inside Iran?

By Farhang Jahanpour | (Inter Press Service) | – – OXFORD, Oct 19 2015 (IPS) – As in most countries, in Iran too there are […]

contributors

Bernie Sanders
Is Hillary Clinton Copying Bernie Sanders – And Why Does It Matter?

Is Hillary Clinton Copying Bernie Sanders – And Why Does It Matter?

AJ+ | (Video report) | – – “Bernie Sanders has rubbed off on Hillary Clinton. Not only has she stopped combing her hair, she’s railing […]

contributors

Featured
The Aleppo Strategy against Daesh/ ISIL: Can it Work?

The Aleppo Strategy against Daesh/ ISIL: Can it Work?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Washington Post was the first to broach the issue of Russo-Iranian grand strategy in Syria. […]

Juan Cole

Militarization
The Secret to Winning the Nobel Peace Prize Keep the U.S. Military Out

The Secret to Winning the Nobel Peace Prize Keep the U.S. Military Out

By Rebecca Gordon | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – Introduction, by Tom Engelhardt To this day, it remains difficult to take in the degree to which […]

contributors

Israel/ Palestine
The war of information in Israel and Palestine

The war of information in Israel and Palestine

By: Megan Hanna | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – Recent headlines by Western news outlets, such as the BBC, CNN and The Telegraph, in […]

contributors

Investment
Investing in Iran after Deal?  Be careful of doing business with the Revolutionary Guards

Investing in Iran after Deal? Be careful of doing business with the Revolutionary Guards

By Mohammad M. Hedayati-Kakhki | (The Conversation) | – – The merest hint of a successful deal over Iran’s nuclear programme is enough to get […]

contributors

Domestic Surveillance
3rd Circuit to NYC: Being Muslim is not Reasonable Suspicion for Surveillance

3rd Circuit to NYC: Being Muslim is not Reasonable Suspicion for Surveillance

By Nadia Kayyali | (Electronic Frontier Foundation) | – – Being Muslim can’t be the basis for law enforcement surveillance. That was the message from […]

contributors

Archaeology
Brutal Bombing of Yemen risks Destroying its Cultural Heritage along with Civilian Lives

Brutal Bombing of Yemen risks Destroying its Cultural Heritage along with Civilian Lives

Human Rights Watch | – – (Beirut) – Parties to Yemen’s armed conflict should take all necessary measures to protect Sanaa’s Old City, a UNESCO […]

contributors

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s crackdown on protesters is illegal, costly and reckless

Israel’s crackdown on protesters is illegal, costly and reckless

By Julie M. Norman | (The Conversation) | – – The escalation of violence in Israel-Palestine since the start of October has led to seven […]

contributors

  • « Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • …
  • Page 1587
  • Page 1588
  • Page 1589
  • Page 1590
  • Page 1591
  • …
  • Page 3031
  • Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Latest

censorship

Jimmy Kimmel’s Reinstatement shows the Power of Noncooperation

Waging Nonviolence

Israel/ Palestine

The Path to Genocide is protected by the International Community

Ramona Wadi

Featured

Israel’s Netanyahu addresses Empty UN Chamber with Genocidal Claims after Mass Walkout

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine

Microsoft cuts Israeli Military off from its Azure Cloud over Mass Surveillance of Civilians

Binoy Kampmark

Popular

  • Israel's Netanyahu addresses Empty UN Chamber with Genocidal Claims after Mass Walkout
  • Do UN "Snapback" Sanctions really Matter to the Iranian Economy and its Nuclear Program?
  • Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas: PA Ready to Govern Gaza, Demands End to Starvation and Genocide
  • Rivers are heating up faster than the Air − that’s a Problem for aquatic Life and People
  • The Death of Civil Rights in the Age of Trump
Sign up for our newsletter

Informed Comment © 2025 All Rights Reserved