Introduction The present paper is devoted to an investigation of an article by David Miliband (2015), “What Syria Needs Now,” to be carried out with the help of critical discourse analysis (CDA) and aimed at determining the role of the media in the discussion of the conflict (see Appendix A). The article considers the crisis in Syria, including the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the refugee issue and the problems of the Syrian population still residing in the country. Additionally, the author analyses the attitude of the world community to this complex concern and the related activities of various governments as well as the United Nations (UN). The author concludes by offering three interventions, which should be performed by the global community. In his view, they are the actions that “Syria needs now” (Miliband, 2015, para. 1). Reflecting the specifics of the article, the present paper includes an overview of the political and social issues that the article considers and goes on to discuss the methodology that is then applied to the article. The methodology includes CDA at the micro-, meso- and macro-levels, and it is tailored to consider the distinctive features of the article in an objective way. In the end, the conclusions about the potential of transmitting particular ideologies through the meanings created by the article’s choices in images, transitivity, presuppositions and vocabulary are made. Background The current situation in Syria can be described as a crisis (Ziadeh, Hadar, Katz, & Heydemann, 2012), which Miliband (2015) discusses in detail. Large numbers of people have been killed, wounded, deprived of their homes and forced to leave their country (Dahi, 2014; Miliband, 2015). The ISIS threat is further escalating the tension both in Syria and the majority of other countries (Lewis, 2014); basically, ISIS is a significant challenge that causes terror on a global scale (Kaya, 2014). However, in the context of Syria, ISIS has an advantage because of that country’s crisis, which prevents Syria from successfully fighting for its land and contributing to the elimination of this global threat (Lewis, 2014). Thus, there is a notable urgency to the current situation in Syria, which makes the analysis of related discourses a worthwhile activity, as well. Approach to Analysing the Text: CDA Discourse is the language that exists in “real contexts of use” (Machin & Mayr, 2012, p. 20). In practice, it means that by creating text with the help of specific devices and tools, a writer places the topic of a text into a particular discourse, which triggers certain associations, perceptions and attitudes in the readers (Van Dijk, 1998). CDA is a well-established method of the investigation of discourses (Breeze, 2011). CDA is a range of methods of discourse analysis that regards language as a “means of social construction” (Machin & Mayr, 2012, p. 4). The latter factor implies that the analysis of language can be used to determine the way in which power relationships and ideological views are reflected in texts (Anwar, Ullah, Ahmad, & Ali, 2015; Hyatt, 2013; Riasati & Rahimi, 2011). Paltridge (2013) highlights that CDA focuses on the explanation of the re