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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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Democratic Party
Clinton Calls For Tougher Response To Russia On Syria, Ukraine

Clinton Calls For Tougher Response To Russia On Syria, Ukraine

By RFE/RL | – – WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton, the former U.S. secretary of state who is now a leading contender to be the next […]

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al-Qaeda
Russia Ramping up Military Involvement in Syria?

Russia Ramping up Military Involvement in Syria?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Reuters reports, based on sources in Beirut, that Russia is increasing its involvement in Syria, backing […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
As Vanguard for Climate Action, Low-Carbon Cities Could Save $22 Trillion

As Vanguard for Climate Action, Low-Carbon Cities Could Save $22 Trillion

By Deirdre Fulton | (Commondreams.org) | – – Compact, connected, and efficient “low-carbon” cities could generate global savings of up to $22 trillion, while sharply […]

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Iraq
Kurds unite, from Conservatives to Far Left, in Fight against ISIL

Kurds unite, from Conservatives to Far Left, in Fight against ISIL

By Karlos Zurutuza | (Inter Press Service) | – – KIRKUK, Iraq (IPS) – Reminders of the last occupants of camp K1 in the northern […]

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Apartheid
Nearly all of Gaza's Water 'Undrinkable'

Nearly all of Gaza’s Water ‘Undrinkable’

By Celine Hagbard – (IMEMC) | – – Reporters from RT (Russia Today) traveled to Gaza to look into last year’s report that 90% of […]

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Colonialism
The lost fortunes of Palestine’s dynamic Ottoman-era merchants

The lost fortunes of Palestine’s dynamic Ottoman-era merchants

By Charlie Hoyle | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – The pink stone mansions hidden among the modern urban geography of Bethlehem —surrounded by an […]

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African-Americans
What if Kim Davis Refused to License Marriages of Inter-Racial Couples?

What if Kim Davis Refused to License Marriages of Inter-Racial Couples?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Kentucky court clerk Kim Davis was released from prison on Tuesday after having been jailed for […]

Juan Cole

Books
How Persian Literature shaped the culture of Iran and India

How Persian Literature shaped the culture of Iran and India

Sunil Sharma interviewed by Maryam Kamali | ( Iranian Medieval History) Sunil Sharma is the Associate Professor of Persianate and Comparative Literature at Boston University’s […]

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Militarization
How the Sept. 11 Attacks Changed American Lives Forever

How the Sept. 11 Attacks Changed American Lives Forever

By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.org) | – – Fourteen years later and do you even believe it? Did we actually live it? Are we […]

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