British Air Force Typhoon jets have conducted a mission with French warplanes in a coordinated attack against an hidden munitions depot in Syria used by the Daesh militant organization, per a report from the UK's MoD.
The facility, located using reconnaissance, was thought to be storing arms and explosives, the statement said, and was located in mountainous terrain just above Palmyra in central Syria.
"Our fighter planes utilized laser-guided Paveway IV weapons to target a several approach shafts leading to the facility... initial indications suggest the objective was successfully hit," the MoD said.
There was no indication of any civilian impact in the strike conducted Saturday night and each participating jet made a safe return, the ministry further stated.
The British jets were backed up by a Voyager tanker plane.
The Islamic State group - alternatively referred to as the so-called Islamic State - enforced militant control over large swathes of both Syria and Iraq before its territorial defeat in 2019.
"This operation shows British leadership, and commitment to operate in unison with allied nations, to stamp out any resurgence of the terrorist group and their dangerous and violent ideologies in the area," UK Defence Secretary the Defence Secretary stated.
RAF aircraft have carried out overwatch operations over Syria to "prevent any attempted comeback" of Islamic State subsequent to its defeat at the Baghuz confrontation in 2019, the MoD reported.
"I want to thank all the members of our armed forces involved in this mission for their expertise and their bravery," he added. "Including them were numerous UK service members stationed over Christmas and New Year. This mission, to take out dangerous terrorists who endanger our way of life, shows how our armed forces are ready to step up, all year round, keeping Britain secure at home and influential overseas."
During December, the US military conducted what it termed a "major assault" on Islamic State objectives in the country, subsequent to an ambush claimed the lives of two American soldiers and a civilian interpreter in Palmyra.
The U.N. estimates Daesh still boasts an estimated 5,000 to 7,000 fighters in Iraq and Syria.
