Stephen Starr moved to Damascus, Syria in January 2007 after graduating with an MA in international security and conflict studies from Dublin City University. From the Syrian capital he began working first as an editor at Syria Times and then as a freelance journalist.

He has reported from Iraq and  Lebanon covering the 2009 elections for Middle East Times, Sunday Business Post, Asia Times and Forward Magazine Syria.

His writing has taken in regional politics and travel, as well as important social currents in Turkey, Iraq, Lebanon and Syria.

Stephen Starr’s work has appeared in The Los Angeles Times, The Irish Times, The Christian Science Monitor, The Guardian, The Times, Le Monde diplomatique, Financial Times, Foreign Policy, The Washington Post and The Sunday Times, and he has contributed to openDemocracy and BBC Radio, among many others.

He is also the founder and editor-in-chief of Near East Quarterly launched in August 2010.