British Air Force Typhoon FGR4s have conducted a mission with French aircraft in a joint strike targeting an subterranean weapons facility in Syrian territory operated by the Daesh militant organization, according to the British defence ministry.
The site, located using surveillance, was assessed as containing munitions and bombs, the release indicated, and was located in hills just to the north of the ancient city of Palmyra in central Syria.
"Our fighter planes utilized laser-guided Paveway IV weapons to target a series of access tunnels down to the depot... preliminary assessments are that the strike was effective," officials stated.
There was no sign of any civilian impact in the operation conducted Saturday night and every plane involved returned safely, the MoD added.
The Typhoon FGR4s were backed up by a Voyager tanker plane.
The Islamic State group - also known as ISIS - imposed jihadist rule over significant areas in Iraq and Syria prior to its 2019 collapse.
"This strike shows the UK's leading role, and commitment to operate in unison with allied nations, to eliminate any re-emergence of Daesh and their violent and radical beliefs in the Middle East," Britain's Defence Chief the Defence Secretary stated.
British military aircraft have carried out patrols over Syrian airspace to "prevent any efforts to regroup" of the group following its routing at the climactic battle in Baghuz in the year 2019, the authorities noted.
"I want to thank the personnel of our armed forces involved in this operation for their skill and their courage," Healey commented. "Including them were a great many UK service members deployed over Christmas and New Year. This mission, to remove dangerous terrorists who pose a risk to our security, shows how UK forces are prepared to act, continuously, ensuring Britain's security at home and influential overseas."
Last December, the US military conducted what it described as a "major assault" on Daesh sites in the country, after an ambush resulted in the deaths of two US troops and a civilian interpreter in the Palmyra area.
The UN says IS still has roughly 5-7 thousand militants in Syria and Iraq.
