Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4s have joined forces with French warplanes in a combined operation targeting an underground arms cache in Syria used by the Islamic State group (IS), per a report from the British defence ministry.
The site, pinpointed through intelligence, was assessed as storing arms and explosives, the statement said, and was positioned in mountains just to the north of Palmyra in the heart of Syria.
"Our fighter planes utilized Paveway IV guided bombs to hit a several approach shafts providing entry to the facility... initial indications indicate the objective was successfully hit," the MoD said.
There was no indication of any harm to civilians in the strike late on Saturday and each participating jet returned to base without incident, the MoD added.
The British jets were supported by a Voyager aerial refuelling aircraft.
Daesh - alternatively referred to as Daesh - enforced militant control over large swathes of both Syria and Iraq prior to its 2019 collapse.
"This operation demonstrates the UK's leading role, and resolve to operate in unison with our partners, to stamp out any revival of IS and their dangerous and violent ideologies in the region," Britain's Defence Chief John Healey said.
British military aircraft have performed patrols over Syrian airspace to "deter any attempted resurgence" of IS subsequent to its defeat at the Baghuz confrontation in the year 2019, the ministry said.
"I want to thank the personnel of the UK armed forces participating in this mission for their skill and their bravery," the Defence Secretary commented. "They were among numerous British personnel stationed over the holidays. This mission, to eliminate dangerous terrorists who threaten our safety, shows how our armed forces are always on standby, throughout the year, protecting the UK within its borders and influential overseas."
In December, the US military executed what it described as a "major assault" on Daesh sites in Syria, subsequent to an assault resulted in the deaths of two US troops and a civilian linguist in Palmyra.
The United Nations estimates IS still has roughly 5-7 thousand militants in Syria and Iraq.
