British Air Force Typhoon fighter aircraft have conducted a mission with France's air force in a coordinated attack targeting an subterranean weapons facility in Syria employed by the Daesh militant organization, according to the UK's MoD.
The site, identified by intelligence, was assessed as storing arms and explosives, the release indicated, and was positioned in mountainous terrain just to the north of the historic site of Palmyra in Syria's central region.
"Our aircraft used Paveway IV guided bombs to strike a number of approach shafts providing entry to the depot... preliminary assessments indicate the objective was successfully hit," the ministry announced.
There was no indication of any civilian impact in the strike late on Saturday and all the aircraft returned to base without incident, the ministry further stated.
The Typhoon fighters were backed up by a Voyager refuelling tanker.
The Islamic State group - alternatively referred to as Daesh - imposed jihadist rule over large swathes of Syria and Iraq until 2019.
"This strike underscores our UK leadership, and commitment to operate in unison with allied nations, to eliminate any re-emergence of IS and their violent and radical beliefs in the Middle East," the British Defence Secretary John Healey said.
British military aircraft have conducted patrols over Syrian airspace to "deter any efforts to regroup" of the group after its military defeat at the battle of Baghuz in 2019, the MoD reported.
"I want to thank every member of the UK armed forces participating in this strike for their expertise and their bravery," he added. "They were part of a great many British troops stationed over the festive period. This action, to take out terrorist threats who pose a risk to our way of life, shows how British military are always on standby, continuously, keeping Britain secure domestically and influential overseas."
During December, the US military carried out what it described as a "large-scale strike" against Daesh sites in Syria, subsequent to an ambush claimed the lives of two US troops and a local interpreter in the Palmyra area.
The U.N. says IS still maintains an estimated 5,000 to 7,000 fighters in Iraq and Syria.
