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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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American Hypocrisy: Against Muslim Sharia law at home, Calls it "Moderate" in Syria

American Hypocrisy: Against Muslim Sharia law at home, Calls it “Moderate” in Syria

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – I just watched the 5 pm news hour on CNN anchored by Wolf Blitzer, and the […]

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Yes, George W. Bush bears some Responsibility for US Vulnerability on 9/11

Yes, George W. Bush bears some Responsibility for US Vulnerability on 9/11

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Donald Trump-Jeb Bush tiff over whether George W. Bush “kept us safe” is another example […]

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Former Detainees Sue CIA Torture Psychologists

Former Detainees Sue CIA Torture Psychologists

By Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian | (The Young Turks) | – – “Ten months after the Senate released its report on the CIA’s illegal […]

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China
The new Chinese Century?  Can a Green China with no Mideast Entanglements Surpass US?

The new Chinese Century? Can a Green China with no Mideast Entanglements Surpass US?

London (Informed Comment) – In the last fifteen years the United States has spent a total of between $4 trillion and $6 trillion on its […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Is the Syrian Crisis Nearing the point where Diplomacy Can make a Difference?

Is the Syrian Crisis Nearing the point where Diplomacy Can make a Difference?

Jo Comerford and Mattea Kramer | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Introduction by Tom Engelhardt : Whatever happened to the “imperial presidency”? In mid-September, in […]

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Israel/ Palestine
200 Israeli settlers attack Palestinian village with firebombs

200 Israeli settlers attack Palestinian village with firebombs

Ma’an News Agency | – – HEBRON (Ma’an) — More than 200 Israeli settlers attacked the Palestinian villages of Wad al-Haseen and Wad al-Nasara near […]

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Syrian Army advances under Russian air Support, al-Qaeda no. 2 Killed

Syrian Army advances under Russian air Support, al-Qaeda no. 2 Killed

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Arabic press is reporting that under cover of Russian air support, the Syrian Arab Army […]

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'Putin of Arabia' hugely popular among Iraqi Shiites

‘Putin of Arabia’ hugely popular among Iraqi Shiites

By Jean-Marc Mojon with Raji Nasser in Najaf | ( Your Middle East ) | – – The new Iraq Russian President Vladimir Putin’s bullish […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Palestine:  Death of a Stone-Thrower: Intifada 3.0

Palestine: Death of a Stone-Thrower: Intifada 3.0

VICE News | (Video Report) | – – “Tension builds in Israel and the West Bank with three new stabbing attacks on Israelis reported on […]

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