Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter aircraft have conducted a mission with France's air force in a joint strike targeting an hidden munitions depot in Syrian territory employed by the Daesh militant organization, as stated by the UK's MoD.
The location, identified by surveillance, was believed to be storing arms and explosives, the announcement noted, and was positioned in mountains just above Palmyra in Syria's central region.
"Our fighter planes employed laser-guided Paveway IV weapons to hit a series of approach shafts leading to the site... preliminary assessments suggest the objective was successfully hit," the ministry announced.
There was no sign of any harm to civilians in the attack on Saturday evening and each participating jet made a safe return, the MoD added.
The British jets were supported by a Voyager tanker plane.
The Islamic State group - referred to as ISIS - enforced militant control over parts of Syria and Iraq prior to its 2019 collapse.
"This strike underscores British leadership, and commitment to operate in unison with our partners, to stamp out any revival of Daesh and their dangerous and violent ideologies in the area," the British Defence Secretary the minister remarked.
British military aircraft have conducted patrols over Syrian airspace to "forestall any efforts to regroup" of Islamic State after its defeat at the Baghuz confrontation in 2019, the authorities noted.
"I must thank all the members of British forces participating in this operation for their professionalism and their courage," he said. "They were among a great many UK service members on duty over the festive period. This operation, to eliminate terrorist threats who threaten our way of life, shows how our armed forces are ready to step up, all year round, protecting the UK within its borders and powerful internationally."
Last December, the American forces carried out what it termed a "massive strike" against Islamic State objectives in Syria, following an attack claimed the lives of two US servicemembers and a civilian interpreter in Palmyra.
The UN says Islamic State still maintains between 5,000 and 7,000 combatants in Iraq and Syria.
