Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4s have conducted a mission with French aircraft in a joint strike on an hidden munitions depot in Syrian territory used by the Daesh militant organization, as stated by the British defence ministry.
The location, located using reconnaissance, was thought to be containing munitions and bombs, the statement said, and was located in hills just to the north of the historic site of Palmyra in central Syria.
"Our fighter planes utilized precision-guided Paveway IV munitions to target a number of approach shafts leading to the site... preliminary assessments indicate the objective was successfully hit," officials stated.
There was no sign of any harm to civilians in the operation late on Saturday and all the aircraft returned to base without incident, the defence officials confirmed.
The Typhoon fighters were supported by a Voyager aerial refuelling aircraft.
IS - alternatively referred to as Daesh - established militant control over parts of both Syria and Iraq before its territorial defeat in 2019.
"This operation demonstrates the UK's leading role, and resolve to operate in unison with allied nations, to eradicate any revival 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 resurgence" of the group after its defeat at the climactic battle in Baghuz in the year 2019, the MoD reported.
"I want to thank all the members of the UK armed forces who took part in this strike for their professionalism and their bravery," the Defence Secretary commented. "Including them were a great many UK service members on duty over the holidays. This operation, to eliminate dangerous terrorists who endanger our safety, highlights how our armed forces are always on standby, all year round, protecting the UK within its borders and powerful internationally."
During December, the American forces conducted what it described as a "large-scale strike" against IS targets in the country, after an assault claimed the lives of two American soldiers and a local interpreter in the Palmyra area.
The UN estimates Daesh still has roughly 5-7 thousand combatants in Iraq and Syria.
