British Air Force Typhoon fighter aircraft have conducted a mission with French aircraft in a coordinated attack targeting an hidden munitions depot in Syria operated by the IS group, as stated by the UK's MoD.
The location, pinpointed through intelligence, was thought to be containing munitions and bombs, the release indicated, and was located in hills just to the north of the historic site of Palmyra in Syria's central region.
"Our aircraft used laser-guided Paveway IV weapons to target a number of access tunnels down to the depot... early reports suggest the objective was successfully hit," the ministry announced.
There was no indication of any civilian casualties in the operation conducted Saturday night and each participating jet made a safe return, the ministry further stated.
The Typhoon fighters were backed up by a Voyager tanker plane.
IS - referred to as the so-called Islamic State - imposed militant control over significant areas in Syria and Iraq prior to its 2019 collapse.
"This strike demonstrates British leadership, and commitment to operate in unison with allied nations, to stamp out any resurgence of Daesh and their harmful and extremist ideologies in the area," Britain's Defence Chief the Defence Secretary said.
RAF aircraft have performed patrols over Syrian airspace to "forestall any attempted comeback" of the group following its routing at the battle of Baghuz in 2019, the MoD reported.
"I extend gratitude to the personnel of British forces involved in this mission for their professionalism and their bravery," Healey said. "They were part of a great many UK service members stationed over the festive period. This mission, to take out dangerous terrorists who threaten our safety, shows how UK forces are prepared to act, continuously, protecting the UK domestically and strong abroad."
During December, the United States armed forces carried out what it called a "massive strike" on Islamic State objectives in Syria, subsequent to an assault claimed the lives of two US servicemembers and a civilian linguist in Palmyra.
The United Nations says Daesh still boasts roughly 5-7 thousand combatants in Iraq and Syria.
