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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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Debate: Clinton slams Iran, Putin & supports Syrian Rebels; Sanders rejects Intervention

Debate: Clinton slams Iran, Putin & supports Syrian Rebels; Sanders rejects Intervention

Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Foreign policy came up a bit in the Democratic Party debate. One form it took was a […]

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Apartheid
Oct.: Israelis kill 30 Palestinians, wound 1500; 7* Israelis Killed, over 20 Wounded

Oct.: Israelis kill 30 Palestinians, wound 1500; 7* Israelis Killed, over 20 Wounded

By IMEMC | – – Since October 1st, 30 Palestinians have been killed, and more than 1500 others injured by Israeli troops, according to the […]

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Iran
Iran Parliament ratifies Nuclear Deal as Tehran Emerges on World Stage

Iran Parliament ratifies Nuclear Deal as Tehran Emerges on World Stage

By Edward Wastnidge | (The Conversation) | – – Iran’s parliament has approved the much-ballyhooed deal to limit its nuclear programme. After years of suspicion […]

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Islam-hatred
Swedish Bearded Men Mistaken For ISIL

Swedish Bearded Men Mistaken For ISIL

AJ+ | – – “In Sweden a group of bearded men (Bearded Villains) are saying that they were mistaken for ISIL fighters during a gathering […]

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Militarization
Endless Rounds of "Vietnamization" as America's Colonial Armies Collapse one by One

Endless Rounds of “Vietnamization” as America’s Colonial Armies Collapse one by One

By Andrew J. Bacevich | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – First came Fallujah, then Mosul, and later Ramadi in Iraq.  Now, there is Kunduz, […]

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Dissent
Ankara bombs: Turkey is being torn apart by bad leaders and bad neighbors

Ankara bombs: Turkey is being torn apart by bad leaders and bad neighbors

By Alpaslan Ozerdem | (The Conversation) | – – It had already been a deadly summer of political instability in Turkey. And now this. Another […]

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Climate Change
Global Warming: See the Extreme Ice Changes Near the Antarctic Peninsula

Global Warming: See the Extreme Ice Changes Near the Antarctic Peninsula

James Balog | The National Geographic (Video Report) | – – “Join the Extreme Ice Survey (EIS) team on an expedition to South Georgia Island […]

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Russia
Can Russia afford Its Syria Campaign?

Can Russia afford Its Syria Campaign?

By Charles Recknagel | ( RFE/ RL ) Rough estimates suggest that Moscow has spent at least $87 million for air and cruise-missile strikes in […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Palestinians want West Bank & Gaza to be put under UN protection

Palestinians want West Bank & Gaza to be put under UN protection

By Samer B. Jaber | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – We, a group of professional and trade union figures, intellectuals, and political activists, appeal […]

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