Author Profile:

Stephen Starr

Stephen Starr is a freelance Irish journalist who has been reporting from Damascus since 2007. He covered the Syrian uprising for some of the world’s leading newspapers and his work has been published in The  Washington Post, Financial Times, The Times and Sunday Times, The Los Angeles Times and The Irish Times. He is also the founder and editor-in-chief of Near East Quarterly.



In the media

Q&A with Stephen Starr
Syria Today

Interview with France 24
France 24

The Fog of Civil War
Foreign Policy 

The World Today Weekend (BBC World Service) Interview
From six minutes onwards.

Damascus and Aleppo Stand Aside in Struggle Against Syrian Regime
Irish Times (11/07/2012)

Syrian Divisions in Full Force
An edited excerpt from 'Revolt in Syria: Eye-Witness to the Uprising' in Asia Times.

Syria's Minorities Are Afraid - After Assad, They Shouldn't Be
Huffington Post UK (09/07/2012)