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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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Has the GOP given up on winning the Presidency?  Carson, Trump on Muslims, Latinos

Has the GOP given up on winning the Presidency? Carson, Trump on Muslims, Latinos

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Ben Carson’s and Donald Trump’s comments about Muslims over the weekend again showed the GOP as […]

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Bashar al-Assad
What's behind Russia's military build-up in Syria?

What’s behind Russia’s military build-up in Syria?

By Alexander Titov | (The Conversation) | – – Evidence is emerging of a significant intensification of Russia’s military support for the Assad government. While […]

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Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Turkey Risks Turmoil with end of Peace Process & of Non-Intervention Policies

Turkey Risks Turmoil with end of Peace Process & of Non-Intervention Policies

By Omer Tekdemir and Oğuzhan Göksel | (Open Democracy) | – – Though often depicted as a relatively stable exception in a turbulent region, the […]

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Islam
Islam: Acceptance of Diversity & Pluralism is Key to the Qur'an's Theology

Islam: Acceptance of Diversity & Pluralism is Key to the Qur’an’s Theology

By Galym Zhussipbeck | ( ISLAMICommentary

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National Security State
Putting Pacifists on a No-Fly List is a way of Disciplining us All

Putting Pacifists on a No-Fly List is a way of Disciplining us All

By Rebecca Gordon | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – It was August 2002. My partner Jan Adams and I were just beginning our annual pilgrimage to […]

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Energy
Holland's Wind-Driven trains & 4 other Hopeful Green Energy Stories for Today

Holland’s Wind-Driven trains & 4 other Hopeful Green Energy Stories for Today

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – 1. In three years, all Dutch electric trains will be powered by wind turbines, either turbines […]

Juan Cole

Bernie Sanders
Why Won't Bernie Sanders Take "Socialist" As An Insult?:  Stephen Colbert

Why Won’t Bernie Sanders Take “Socialist” As An Insult?: Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | – – “It’s hard to insult Bernie Sanders when he doesn’t mind being called a socialist. The Late […]

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Iraq
Iraq: Shiite Militia Abuses Mar Fight Against ISIS

Iraq: Shiite Militia Abuses Mar Fight Against ISIS

Human Rights Watch | – – (Washington) – Iraqi government-backed militias carried out widespread destruction of homes and shops around the city of Tikrit in […]

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Iraq
Tikrit: 'My Son joined Daesh/ISIL, Now I'm Living in Hell'

Tikrit: ‘My Son joined Daesh/ISIL, Now I’m Living in Hell’

By Ghazwan Hassan al-Jibouri | Tikrit | (Niqash.org) | – – While [the so-called ‘Islamic State’ group] ruled Tikrit, many locals joined. When they were […]

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