British Air Force Typhoon fighter aircraft have conducted a mission with France's air force in a coordinated attack on an subterranean weapons facility in Syrian territory used by the Daesh militant organization, according to the UK's MoD.
The site, located using intelligence, was thought to be storing arms and explosives, the statement said, and was positioned in mountainous terrain just north of Palmyra in Syria's central region.
"Our fighter planes employed Paveway IV guided bombs to strike a several entry passages providing entry to the facility... preliminary assessments suggest the objective was successfully hit," officials stated.
There was no evidence of any civilian casualties in the attack on Saturday evening and all the aircraft made a safe return, the defence officials confirmed.
The Typhoon fighters were backed up by a Voyager aerial refuelling aircraft.
Daesh - also known as Daesh - established jihadist rule over parts of Syria and Iraq before its territorial defeat in 2019.
"This strike underscores British leadership, and resolve to stand shoulder to shoulder with our partners, to eradicate any revival of Daesh and their harmful and extremist ideologies in the area," the British Defence Secretary the Defence Secretary stated.
RAF aircraft have performed overwatch operations over Syrian airspace to "deter any efforts to regroup" of the group subsequent to its routing at the battle of Baghuz in the year 2019, the MoD reported.
"I want to thank the personnel of our armed forces participating in this operation for their expertise and their bravery," Healey added. "They were among a great many British troops deployed over the festive period. This action, to remove militants who endanger our security, shows how UK forces are ready to step up, continuously, keeping Britain secure within its borders and powerful internationally."
During December, the United States armed forces executed what it termed a "massive strike" on IS targets in Syria, after an attack resulted in the deaths of two US troops and a civilian interpreter in the Palmyra area.
The U.N. says IS still boasts between 5,000 and 7,000 combatants in Syria and Iraq.
