Cypel, Sylvain

Sylvain Cypel, senior editor at "Le Monde", joined the paper in 1998 as deputy head of the international section, following a five-year tenure as editor in chief of "Courrier International" and a stint as deputy editor in chief at the journal "Les Echos". Cypel has long worked for the daily Le Matin de Paris and as a freelance journalist for "France 2, Liberation", and other media outlets, often covering the Middle East. He holds degrees in sociology, contemporary history, and international relations, the last of which he earned at the University of Jerusalem. He lived in Israel for twelve yea...