British Air Force Typhoon FGR4s have conducted a mission with France's air force in a combined operation targeting an subterranean weapons facility in Syria operated by the Islamic State group (IS), per a report from the UK's MoD.
The location, identified by intelligence, was believed to be containing munitions and bombs, the statement said, and was located in hills just to the north of Palmyra in the heart of Syria.
"Our fighter planes used laser-guided Paveway IV weapons to hit a several access tunnels leading to the facility... early reports suggest the objective was successfully hit," the ministry announced.
There was no evidence of any civilian impact in the attack conducted Saturday night and each participating jet returned to base without incident, the ministry further stated.
The British jets were backed up by a Voyager aerial refuelling aircraft.
The Islamic State group - also known as Daesh - enforced jihadist rule over large swathes of Syria and Iraq prior to its 2019 collapse.
"This operation underscores our UK leadership, and commitment to stand shoulder to shoulder with our partners, to eliminate any re-emergence of IS and their violent and radical beliefs in the region," UK Defence Secretary the minister stated.
RAF aircraft have conducted overwatch operations over Syria to "deter any attempted comeback" of IS after its routing at the climactic battle in Baghuz in the year 2019, the MoD reported.
"I extend gratitude to every member of the UK armed forces participating in this operation for their professionalism and their courage," Healey commented. "Including them were a great many British troops stationed over the festive period. This operation, to eliminate militants who pose a risk to our safety, highlights how British military are prepared to act, continuously, protecting the UK at home and influential overseas."
In December, the American forces conducted what it described as a "major assault" on Daesh sites in the country, after an assault resulted in the deaths of two US troops and a civilian linguist in the Palmyra area.
The U.N. reports Daesh still maintains roughly 5-7 thousand combatants in Iraq and Syria.
