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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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Yemen
Was there a Yemeni Revolution?

Was there a Yemeni Revolution?

Aljazeera Arabic is reporting that later in the day Sunday, clashes between armed groups of pro-Saleh and anti-Saleh gunmen broke out in the capital, where […]

Juan Cole

Yemen
Yemen's Saleh Narrowly Avoids Death, Civil war Looms

Yemen’s Saleh Narrowly Avoids Death, Civil war Looms

Yemeni president for life Ali Abdullah Saleh nearly reached the end of his term on Friday, when rockets slammed into the mosque where he was […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Libya Rebels take Key Western Mountains, Train Women Fighters

Libya Rebels take Key Western Mountains, Train Women Fighters

The Free Libya forces centered at Benghazi are turning out to have a vivid political imagination. For instance, they are training female soldiers for the […]

Juan Cole

Bahrain
Top Struggles in the Arab Spring Today

Top Struggles in the Arab Spring Today

The Arab Spring began with peaceful protests in Tunis, Cairo, Alexandria, and elsewhere in the region, with masses of demonstrators giving their elites a choice […]

Juan Cole

art and photography
US Should Move Navy Base from Bahrain

US Should Move Navy Base from Bahrain

In the wake of the brutal crackdown by the monarchy of Bahrain on the largely peaceful protest movement this winter and spring, the United States […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Carbon Emissions Record, Food to Double in Price

Carbon Emissions Record, Food to Double in Price

It is hard to decide which is the worst news in the International Energy Agency’s new study. The central piece of bad news is that […]

Juan Cole

Yemen
Yemen in Flames

Yemen in Flames

The political situation in Yemen continued to deteriorate on Tuesday. Since Sunday, 50 protesters have been killed by troops and security forces in the country’s […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Time to Begin Leaving Afghanistan

Time to Begin Leaving Afghanistan

Memorial Day, in my view, should be a time of reflection not only on the sacrifices made for the nation in war but on whether […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Egypt Lets Palestinians of Gaza Circulate

Egypt Lets Palestinians of Gaza Circulate

The new, transitional Egyptian government formed in the wake of a popular revolt took a step on Saturday toward lifting the Israeli-induced blockade of the […]

Juan Cole

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