Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter aircraft have joined forces with French aircraft in a combined operation against an hidden munitions depot in Syria used by the IS group, per a report from the UK's MoD.
The facility, identified by surveillance, was assessed as containing munitions and bombs, the statement said, and was located in mountainous terrain just above the historic site of Palmyra in Syria's central region.
"Our aircraft used precision-guided Paveway IV munitions to strike a several access tunnels leading to the depot... initial indications suggest the strike was effective," officials stated.
There was no indication of any civilian impact in the strike conducted Saturday night and every plane involved returned safely, the defence officials confirmed.
The Typhoon FGR4s were assisted by a Voyager tanker plane.
The Islamic State group - also known as ISIS - enforced extremist governance over large swathes of Syria and Iraq before its territorial defeat in 2019.
"This action underscores British leadership, and commitment to operate in unison with allied nations, to stamp out any re-emergence of IS and their dangerous and violent ideologies in the region," the British Defence Secretary the Defence Secretary stated.
RAF aircraft have performed patrols over Syrian airspace to "forestall any attempted resurgence" of IS subsequent to its routing at the battle of Baghuz in 2019, the ministry said.
"I want to thank every member of the UK armed forces who took part in this strike for their professionalism and their courage," he commented. "Including them were a great many UK service members on duty over the festive period. This mission, to remove terrorist threats who endanger our safety, demonstrates how our armed forces are prepared to act, continuously, protecting the UK domestically and influential overseas."
In December, the US military carried out what it described as a "massive strike" against Islamic State objectives in the country, after an ambush resulted in the deaths of two American soldiers and a civilian interpreter in Palmyra.
The U.N. says Daesh still has roughly 5-7 thousand fighters in Iraq and Syria.
