British Air Force Typhoon fighter aircraft have conducted a mission with French aircraft in a combined operation on an hidden munitions depot in Syrian territory operated by the Daesh militant organization, according to the UK's MoD.
The facility, identified by intelligence, was believed to be storing arms and explosives, the announcement noted, and was located in mountainous terrain just to the north of the historic site of Palmyra in Syria's central region.
"Our fighter planes utilized precision-guided Paveway IV munitions to target a number of approach shafts providing entry to the depot... preliminary assessments suggest the target was engaged successfully," officials stated.
There was no sign of any civilian casualties in the strike conducted Saturday night and all the aircraft returned to base without incident, the MoD added.
The Typhoon FGR4s were backed up by a Voyager refuelling tanker.
The Islamic State group - alternatively referred to as the so-called Islamic State - imposed extremist governance over significant areas in both Syria and Iraq before its territorial defeat in 2019.
"This operation shows the UK's leading role, and commitment to work closely with our allies, to eliminate any resurgence of IS and their violent and radical beliefs in the region," UK Defence Secretary the minister remarked.
RAF aircraft have conducted surveillance missions over Syrian airspace to "deter any efforts to regroup" of IS subsequent to its military defeat at the battle of Baghuz in the year 2019, the MoD reported.
"I want to thank the personnel of British forces participating in this operation for their professionalism and their courage," the Defence Secretary added. "Including them were a great many British personnel deployed over Christmas and New Year. This action, to take out terrorist threats who pose a risk to our security, highlights how British military are always on standby, throughout the year, protecting the UK at home and powerful internationally."
In December, the American forces executed what it described as a "massive strike" on Daesh sites in the country, subsequent to an assault resulted in the deaths of two US servicemembers and a civilian linguist in the Palmyra area.
The U.N. says Islamic State still maintains between 5,000 and 7,000 militants in both countries.
