{"id":47107,"date":"2018-02-15T15:59:32","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T15:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/02\/15\/tillerson-kurds-never-got-heavy-weapons-from-us\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:59:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:59:34","slug":"tillerson-kurds-never-got-heavy-weapons-from-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/02\/15\/tillerson-kurds-never-got-heavy-weapons-from-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Tillerson: Kurds never got heavy weapons from US"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BEIRUT \u2014 Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says the U.S. has \u201cnever\u201d given the Syrian Kurdish militia heavy weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tillerson, speaking in Beirut before his visit to Turkey, was responding to a question about taking back heavy arms from the Kurdish militia, known as the People\u2019s Defense Units or the YPG. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/02\/13\/turkey-assails-us-over-ties-with-syrian-kurdish-militia\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Ankara views the YPG as a terrorist group<\/a>. The YPG is the main U.S. ally in the fight against Islamic State militants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have never given heavy arms to the YPG so there is none to take back,\u201d Tillerson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tillerson is leaving Lebanon for Turkey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_18046402714551.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-86221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_18046402714551.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_18046402714551.jpg.jpg?resize=300,157 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_18046402714551.jpg.jpg?resize=768,402 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_18046402714551.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,536 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, left, arrives at the Government House to meet with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018. Tillerson held talks with the Lebanese president and other officials amid a growing dispute between the small Mediterranean country and neighboring Israel over oil and gas reserves, and Israel&#8217;s construction of a border wall that Lebanon says encroaches on its territory. (Bilal Hussein\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Washington\u2019s program to arm the YPG has been a sharply divisive issue with Turkey. Turkish officials say U.S. President Donald Trump told them that the militia will receive no more arms. 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