Informed Comment - Part 1852

Munich aims to get all its Energy from Renewables by 2025

Siemens “From 2015, DanTysk will supply up to 1.3 billion kWh of electricity – and will also help Munich achieve a more sustainable energy supply […]

Juan Cole

GCC

What Arab partners will get in return for strikes on Syria

By Lars Berger The decision by President Obama to launch missile and air strikes against Islamic State (IS) and the al-Qaeda affiliate “Khorasan” in Syria […]

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Apartheid

Israeli forces re-open Holy Aqsa Mosque compound after heavy clashes

JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Hundreds of Palestinian Muslim worshipers were allowed to access the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem on Wednesday at […]

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Islamic State of Iraq and Syria

Hidden Camera Reveals Chilling Life Under ISIS Control

The Young Turks: “”A mother, with an AK-47 slung over her shoulder, walks her child to a playground. A man driving a car orders a […]

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Bashar al-Assad

Syrian Media Hail America as Damascus Ally, Support UN Ban on Foreign Fighters

by Juan Cole Aljazeera Arabic reports on the reaction in Syria to US air strikes against ISIL, which included attacks on Wednesday on their oil […]

Juan Cole

Iran

Is this Iranian the most powerful man in Iraq?

BBC “Gabriel Gatehouse reports for BBC Newsnight on the secretive Iranian General described as the most powerful man in Iraq.” BBC Newsnight: “Is this Iranian […]

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Barack Obama

Apocalypse Now, Iraq Edition

By Peter Van Buren via Tomdispatch.com I wanted to offer a wry chuckle before we headed into the heavy stuff about Iraq, so I tried […]

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Shiites

Will Shiite Houthi grip on Yemen’s capital Provoke al-Qaeda Response?*

SANAA, 23 September 2014 (IRIN) – With northern rebels claiming the capital Sana’a and Al-Qaeda militants increasing their attacks in the south, Yemen’s security crisis […]

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Bashar al-Assad