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Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1
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Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Turkiye [Turkey] is a European country, since part of its territory lies in Europe. So the following sentence is true: […]

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

09/20/2025 By The Conversation

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students  to Dept. of Education

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students to Dept. of Education

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Does Obama have a Syria Strategy?  Putin Does.

Does Obama have a Syria Strategy? Putin Does.

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In his “60 Minutes” interview on Sunday President Obama made some remarks on Syria, but do […]

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3 Memes:  Twitter debates as Russian support for Syria intervention Doubles

3 Memes: Twitter debates as Russian support for Syria intervention Doubles

By Anna Shamanska | ( RFE/RL) | – – Support among Russians for military intervention in Syria has more than doubled, to 31 percent in […]

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Palestine: Of course, it is an intifada: This is what you must know

Palestine: Of course, it is an intifada: This is what you must know

By: Ramzy Baroud | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – When my book ‘Searching Jenin’ was published soon after the Israeli massacre in the Jenin […]

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The Mideast's New Cold War: Why Russia won't Defeat Iraq's Extremists

The Mideast’s New Cold War: Why Russia won’t Defeat Iraq’s Extremists

By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | – – Since the announcement of a new military alliance including Russia, locals have been trading arguments. […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Elderly Palestinian man confronts Israeli soldiers over shooting at Youth, before collapsing

Elderly Palestinian man confronts Israeli soldiers over shooting at Youth, before collapsing

Lauren Hampshire | (ODN Video News Report/ ITN) | – – An elderly Palestinian man confronted a group Israeli troops after they clashed with Palestinian […]

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Israel
Israeli settlers carry out attacks in East Jerusalem, West Bank

Israeli settlers carry out attacks in East Jerusalem, West Bank

Ma’an News Agency | – – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli settlers on Saturday carried out a number of attacks on Palestinians across the occupied West […]

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Who Bombs a Peace Rally? An Unprecedented  95 Dead in Turkey capital as Accusations fly

Who Bombs a Peace Rally? An Unprecedented 95 Dead in Turkey capital as Accusations fly

Written by John Lubbock | ( Globalvoices.org Twin bombings hit a peace rally organised by leftist groups in Ankara on the morning of October 10 […]

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Putin’s Syria Strikes Irk some among Russia's 16 mn. Muslims, Raise Risks

Putin’s Syria Strikes Irk some among Russia’s 16 mn. Muslims, Raise Risks

By Tom Balmforth | RFE/ RL MOSCOW — With its soaring minarets and golden dome, the huge new mosque that President Vladimir Putin opened in […]

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Tunisian  Nobel Recognizes role of Labor Unions, the Left in Democratic Transition

Tunisian Nobel Recognizes role of Labor Unions, the Left in Democratic Transition

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – How many American news reports about the Nobel Peace Prize given to the Tunisian Quartet that […]

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