WASHINGTON – The United States plans to speed up assistance to Lebanon's army but has no plans as yet to increase current military aid to deal with the latest crisis, the U.S. State Department said Wednesday.

“I know there are a number of things in the pipeline for them and my understanding is that we will be trying to move some of those things through the pipeline in an expedited fashion,” said State Department spokesman Tom Casey, who provided no details about which items would be delivered more quickly or their value.

(Reporting by Sue Pleming, editing by David Alexander)