Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4s have joined forces with France's air force in a joint strike against an underground arms cache in Syrian territory employed by the IS group, per a report from the British defence ministry.
The location, located using intelligence, was assessed as containing munitions and bombs, the announcement noted, and was located in hills just to the north of the historic site of Palmyra in central Syria.
"Our aircraft used laser-guided Paveway IV weapons to target a number of entry passages down to the facility... early reports are that the strike was effective," the MoD said.
There was no indication of any harm to civilians in the strike on Saturday evening and each participating jet returned to base without incident, the defence officials confirmed.
The Typhoon fighters were supported by a Voyager refuelling tanker.
Daesh - alternatively referred to as ISIS - established militant control over significant areas in Syria and Iraq until 2019.
"This operation demonstrates the UK's leading role, and resolve to operate in unison with our partners, to eliminate any re-emergence of IS and their violent and radical beliefs in the Middle East," Britain's Defence Chief the Defence Secretary stated.
UK warplanes have conducted surveillance missions over Syria to "forestall any efforts to regroup" of the group subsequent to its defeat at the climactic battle in Baghuz in the year 2019, the MoD reported.
"I must thank the personnel of our armed forces involved in this mission for their skill and their valour," the Defence Secretary commented. "Including them were thousands of British personnel on duty over the festive period. This mission, to remove dangerous terrorists who endanger our safety, demonstrates how British military are prepared to act, all year round, protecting the UK at home and powerful internationally."
Last December, the United States armed forces carried out what it described as a "major assault" against Islamic State objectives in Syria, following an ambush killed two American soldiers and a local interpreter in Palmyra.
The U.N. says IS still boasts between 5,000 and 7,000 militants in Syria and Iraq.
