U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Thursday the United States had "never given heavy arms" to the Syrian Kurdish YPG militant and there was therefore "nothing to take back".
"We have never given heavy arms to the YPG so there is none to take back," Tillerson said in response to a question at a press conference in the Lebanese capital Beirut before heading for Ankara.
The YPG is the main component of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces alliance.
Turkey has repeatedly accused the United States of massively arming the YPG, and has said Washington must gather up its weapons now that the peak of the fight against jihadists has passed.
