Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter aircraft have operated alongside France's air force in a joint strike on an underground arms cache in Syrian territory used by the Daesh militant organization, per a report from the UK's MoD.
The facility, pinpointed through surveillance, was believed to be storing arms and explosives, the statement said, and was located in hills just to the north of Palmyra in Syria's central region.
"Our aircraft utilized Paveway IV guided bombs to hit a number of access tunnels leading to the facility... initial indications indicate the objective was successfully hit," the MoD said.
There was no indication of any civilian impact in the strike late on Saturday and every plane involved made a safe return, the defence officials confirmed.
The Typhoon fighters were assisted by a Voyager refuelling tanker.
The Islamic State group - alternatively referred to as the so-called Islamic State - established militant control over significant areas in both Syria and Iraq before its territorial defeat in 2019.
"This strike underscores the UK's leading role, and determination to work closely with allied nations, to stamp out any re-emergence of the terrorist group and their violent and radical beliefs in the Middle East," the British Defence Secretary the Defence Secretary stated.
UK warplanes have carried out surveillance missions over Syria to "prevent any efforts to regroup" of IS subsequent to its defeat at the Baghuz confrontation in 2019, the authorities noted.
"I must thank the personnel of our armed forces involved in this strike for their professionalism and their courage," Healey commented. "They were part of thousands of British personnel deployed over Christmas and New Year. This mission, to take out terrorist threats who endanger our safety, highlights how our armed forces are prepared to act, all year round, protecting the UK at home and influential overseas."
In December, the US military carried out what it called a "major assault" targeting Daesh sites in the country, subsequent to an assault claimed the lives of two American soldiers and a local interpreter in the Palmyra area.
The United Nations says IS still maintains an estimated 5,000 to 7,000 fighters in Syria and Iraq.
