Shattering Saudi Arabia’s hard-built reputation
The deadly stampede in Mecca raises hard questions for the Saudi king and harsh criticism from rivals
Michael Petrou
Iranian critics send a message to Syria: ’Sorry’
A small but growing group has launched a campaign apologizing for their country’s backing of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad
Mohamed Fahmy released from prison
The former Al Jazeera journalist avoids media scrum with quiet exit
There is nothing hopeful about Russia’s military aid in Syria
The welfare of Syrians is the last thing motivating Moscow’s military intervention in Syria on behalf of Bashar al-Assad, says Michael Petrou
Jeremy Corbyn’s best hope might be a glorious defeat
U.K. Labour’s new leader is unelectable, writes Michael Petrou
’Mother of the outcasts’: Why Germany changed its tune on refugees
Why the normally stolid, pragmatic Angela Merkel threw open Germany’s doors to Syrian refugees
Roméo Dallaire: Response to Syrian refugees ’atrocious’
Roméo Dallaire, commander of an ill-fated UN mission in Rwanda, on the un-Canadian response to refugees and the missed opportunities for intervention
In the war on ISIS: Friends, foes and in between
America’s allies in the fight against ISIS are now battling each other. Some say that’s ’two steps forward, one step back.’
Red tape, paperwork and the Syrian refugee crisis
Michael Petrou takes a closer look at the Canada’s role in the story of Alan Kurdi and his family
A refugee crisis is only half the story in Syria
Michael Petrou on why it’s time to confront our original failure in Syria: allowing Bashar al-Assad’s reign of terror to continue