Pentagon says air drop went to Syrian Arabs, not 'other groups'

The Pentagon statement corrected the record after spokesman Peter Cook told a news briefing earlier on Thursday that Kurdish forces appeared to have recovered some of the weaponry from the air drop.

The air drop was part of a U.S. strategy to empower ground forces in Syria battling Islamic State.

(This version has been filed as Pentagon corrected comment by spokesman that Kurdish forces had recovered some of the arms air dropped by the U.S. military)

(Reporting by Phil Stewart; Editing by Sandra Maler)