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Lebanon’s Solar Capacity surged since 2020 to 1.5 gigawatts, as Homeowners tired of Blackouts
Climate Crisis

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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Afghanistan
America's Night Raids in Afghanistan:  An Ongoing Nightmare

America’s Night Raids in Afghanistan: An Ongoing Nightmare

By Lynzy Billing. Video by Mauricio Rodríguez Pons | – Prologue March 2019 • Rodat District, Nangarhar Province This story contains graphic descriptions and images […]

ProPublica

Climate Crisis
Net Zero by 2045: “California is leading most significant economic transformation since Industrial Revolution”

Net Zero by 2045: “California is leading most significant economic transformation since Industrial Revolution”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – California’s Air Resources Board has announced a wide-ranging set of plans aimed at taking the state to net carbon zero […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Why Istanbul’s mayor was sentenced to jail – and what it means for Turkey’s 2023 presidential race

Why Istanbul’s mayor was sentenced to jail – and what it means for Turkey’s 2023 presidential race

By Ahmet T. Kuru, San Diego State University | – A Turkish court’s decision on Dec. 14, 2022, to jail Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu for […]

The Conversation

Joe Biden
Will Saudi's Bin Salman cancel his Grandfather's Agreement with Roosevelt on US Alliance?

Will Saudi’s Bin Salman cancel his Grandfather’s Agreement with Roosevelt on US Alliance?

By Amira Abo el-Fetouh | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – On 14 February, 1945, while US President Franklin D Roosevelt was returning from […]

Middle East Monitor

nuclear weapons
The Madness of Nuclear Warfare, Alive and Well in America

The Madness of Nuclear Warfare, Alive and Well in America

( Tomdispatch.com) – Hey, cheer up because it truly is a beauty! I’m talking about this country’s latest “stealth bomber,” the B-21 Raider, just revealed […]

William J. Astore

Africa
Biden, Seeking to Compete with China, Hosts Africa Summit

Biden, Seeking to Compete with China, Hosts Africa Summit

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Biden is hosting a 3-day summit with leaders of 49 African countries plus the head of the African Union […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Iran’s Executions Of Protesters Triggers Public Outrage, Draws Criticism From Clerics

Iran’s Executions Of Protesters Triggers Public Outrage, Draws Criticism From Clerics

By Hannah Kaviani I’m Hannah Kaviani, a senior broadcaster and editor at RFE/RL’s Radio Farda. Here’s what I’ve been following and what I’m watching out […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Iraq
In Iraqi Kurdistan, Yazidi girls box their way to a new future after Daesh terror

In Iraqi Kurdistan, Yazidi girls box their way to a new future after Daesh terror

By Roshan De Stone | – ( Middle East Monitor) – After the 2014 Daesh genocide which left them reeling from the effects of mass […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Record low water levels on the Mississippi River in 2022 show how climate change is altering large rivers

Record low water levels on the Mississippi River in 2022 show how climate change is altering large rivers

By Ray Lombardi, University of Memphis; Angela Antipova, University of Memphis; and Dorian J. Burnette, University of Memphis | – Rivers are critical corridors that […]

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