Satterfield’s shuttle diplomacy may offer diplomatic opening for Syria

Week in Review

Feb 25, 2018

Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil meets with Acting Assistant U.S. Secretary of State David Satterfield and U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Elizabeth Richard in Beirut, Lebanon February 21, 2018. REUTERS/Aziz Taher - RC1C36783760 — Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil meets with Acting Assistant US Secretary of State David Satterfield and US Ambassador to Lebanon Elizabeth Richard in Beirut, Lebanon, Feb. 21, 2018. — REUTERS/Aziz Taher

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Hezbollah holds Israel file in Lebanon

US Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Satterfield has undertaken an unusual weekslong shuttle diplomacy mission between Israel and Lebanon following an agreement between Lebanon and a consortium of France’s Total, Italy’s Eni and Russia’s Novatek to begin offshore exploration of a disputed offshore gas field known as Block 9.