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Iraqi Kurdistan aims at 3 Gigawatts of Solar, as Households and Villages Rush to Rooftop Panels
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Iraqi Kurdistan aims at 3 Gigawatts of Solar, as Households and Villages Rush to Rooftop Panels

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iraqi Kurdistan is developing an interest in sustainable energy, despite being an oil exporter via Kirkuk. Solar provides little of […]

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Peace in Gaza Depends on Palestinians’ Right to Remain — and Return

Peace in Gaza Depends on Palestinians’ Right to Remain — and Return

10/25/2025 By Foreign Policy in Focus

Syria’s new Leader promised Democracy, but excluded Women from Parliamentary Elections

Syria’s new Leader promised Democracy, but excluded Women from Parliamentary Elections

10/25/2025 By The Conversation

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Twitter shuts down 'manipulative' accounts in the Middle East

Twitter shuts down ‘manipulative’ accounts in the Middle East

( Al-Bab.com ) – Twitter announced on Friday that it has closed down a series of accounts connected with the UAE, Egypt and Saudi Arabia […]

Brian Whitaker

Immigration
The Problem with Policing US Borders is that they Extend throughout the Planet

The Problem with Policing US Borders is that they Extend throughout the Planet

By Todd Miller | – (Tomdispatch.com) – The driver of the passenger van pulled onto the shoulder of the road, looked back, and said, “There’s […]

Tomdispatch

Climate Crisis
What exactly Happens to Us if we make the Average World Temperature go up by 2.7° F., or (Oh No!) 3.6° F.?

What exactly Happens to Us if we make the Average World Temperature go up by 2.7° F., or (Oh No!) 3.6° F.?

By Rachel Warren | – Many numbers are bandied around in climate emergency discussions. Of them, 1.5°C [2.7° F.] is perhaps the most important. At […]

The Conversation

Climate Change
Greta Thunberg's Generational J'accuse: It's a Crime to Cause the Climate Crisis

Greta Thunberg’s Generational J’accuse: It’s a Crime to Cause the Climate Crisis

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Greta Thunberg, in her speech to the United Nations General Assembly, let them have it.(See below.) Over a century ago, […]

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Assyrians
When Christians First Met Muslims (Emir-Stein Center Talk)

When Christians First Met Muslims (Emir-Stein Center Talk)

Michael Penn | Emir-Stein Center | Video Clip and Transcript | – If history matters, then getting right the history of the first encounters of […]

Emir-Stein Center

Israel/ Palestine
Netanyahu on Steroids: What a Gantz-led Israeli Government Means for Palestinians

Netanyahu on Steroids: What a Gantz-led Israeli Government Means for Palestinians

(Middle East Monitor) – Experience has taught Palestinians not to pay heed to Israeli elections. But to every rule there is an exception. Although it […]

Ramzy Baroud

Houthi
No, Yemen's Houthis are not Simply a Proxy of Iran

No, Yemen’s Houthis are not Simply a Proxy of Iran

By Vincent Durac | – The attacks on oil production facilities at Abqaiq and Khurais in Saudi Arabia have drawn renewed focus on Yemen’s Houthi […]

The Conversation

Democratic Party
Ukraine Scandal shows the Squad was Right about Impeaching Trump, & they’re Telling the Dems so

Ukraine Scandal shows the Squad was Right about Impeaching Trump, & they’re Telling the Dems so

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-Mi) was widely castigated for saying, virtually as soon as she was elected, that it was necessary […]

Juan Cole

Israel
Netanyahu no Longer King in Israel: A Byzantine Electoral Gothic

Netanyahu no Longer King in Israel: A Byzantine Electoral Gothic

(Informed Comment) – The outcome of the Israeli election is still difficult to predict, since in parliamentary systems the horse trading comes after the election. […]

H. Scott Prosterman

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