The Trump administration stepped up assistance on Thursday, temporarily waiving a shipping law that some officials said was slowing efforts to get food and medicine to the island.
Several nonprofit groups have stepped up assistance to families in trouble, helping them renegotiate loans or, if necessary, sell their homes so they will not be left empty, starting the deterioration that can turn a neighborhood into a slum.
The Pentagon has quietly stepped up assistance across the region, especially for counter-terrorism missions.
The administration pledged stepped-up compliance assistance in which government officials would train companies and workers on how to reduce injuries.
Western countries are urgently considering a number of options for intervention in Libya, ranging from military operations to diplomatic initiatives and stepped-up humanitarian assistance.
And Britain's stepped-up civil assistance is clearly a signal to Russia and China - who in Mr Hague's view have blocked concerted UN action - that, as he put it, the world does not stand still.
Without such support, the opposition is unlikely to prevail even with stepped-up U.S. assistance.
Now, visiting Washington for the first time in two years, Mr. Maliki is pleading for stepped-up U.S. security assistance — and again the Obama administration appears inclined to overlook his toxic behavior.
Policies that might disturb Tehran, such as acting against the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad, have been put on hold; meanwhile, traditional U.S. allies that are skeptical of the deal, such as Saudi Arabia, have been promised stepped-up U.S. military assistance.
A recent New Yorker piece detailed stepped-up military aid from Hezbollah.
