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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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Israel/ Palestine
 Protest against Aljazeera Leaks in Ramallah; US Dictated Leadership to Palestinians

Protest against Aljazeera Leaks in Ramallah; US Dictated Leadership to Palestinians

Aljazeera reports on how Palestinians in the West Bank town of Ramallah were so angered at the allegations against the Palestine Liberation Organization leadership in […]

Juan Cole

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US Case Against Wikileaks’ Julian Assange Collapses

US Case Against Wikileaks’ Julian Assange Collapses

The US government, according to NBC correspondent Jim Miklaszewski, now admits that it cannot tie Pfc. Bradley Manning to Wikileaks leader Julian Assange. The military […]

Juan Cole

Tunisia
Continued Protests in Tunisia

Continued Protests in Tunisia

Tunisian activists began focusing on Monday evening on Egypt, where they hoped a planned protest on Tuesday would show the continued impact of their own […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Aljazeera’s Leaks Reveal Sham ‘Peace Process,’ Israeli Stonewalling

Aljazeera’s Leaks Reveal Sham ‘Peace Process,’ Israeli Stonewalling

The Qatar satellite channel Aljazeera has gotten hold of some 1600 documents from the Palestine Authority regarding negotiations with Israel, which cast the Israelis, the […]

Juan Cole

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Bradley Manning and Mohamed Bouazizi

Bradley Manning and Mohamed Bouazizi

Activists David House and Jane Hamsher tried to visit Pfc. Bradley Manning, who stands accused of leaking classified US government documents, at Quantico on Sunday. […]

Juan Cole

Tunisia
Thousands Protest Interim Government in Tunis

Thousands Protest Interim Government in Tunis

Signs that the Tunisia story is by no means over emerged this weekend. Protests continued in Tunis and elsewhere against the interim prime minister, Mohamed […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Olbermann Departs, as Media Consolidate Further

Olbermann Departs, as Media Consolidate Further

People are blaming the abrupt departure of Keith Olbermann from MSNBC on that company’s merger with Comcast and Olbermann’s loss of the protection and patronage […]

Juan Cole

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Iranian-American Comedians on Daily Show

Iranian-American Comedians on Daily Show

Jon Stewart of the Daily Show interviews two Iranian-American satirists, Saman Arbabi and his colleague Kambiz Husseini about their television show, Parazit. The Daily Show […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraq’s Civil War Grinds on, with 62 Dead, 200 Wounded in Karbala Blasts

Iraq’s Civil War Grinds on, with 62 Dead, 200 Wounded in Karbala Blasts

Bombings took the lives of 62 Shiite pilgrims, mostly in the holy city of Karbala, but also in Diyala province. Sunni Arab guerrillas are still […]

Juan Cole

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