RAF Typhoon FGR4s have conducted a mission with French aircraft in a coordinated attack against an hidden munitions depot in Syria used by the Islamic State group (IS), according to the UK Ministry of Defence.
The site, identified by intelligence, was assessed as containing munitions and bombs, the release indicated, and was situated in mountainous terrain just north of the historic site of Palmyra in central Syria.
"Our fighter planes employed laser-guided Paveway IV weapons to strike a number of access tunnels providing entry to the site... initial indications suggest the strike was effective," the MoD said.
There was no sign of any harm to civilians in the operation on Saturday evening and each participating jet returned safely, the ministry further stated.
The Typhoon FGR4s were supported by a Voyager tanker plane.
IS - alternatively referred to as Daesh - enforced jihadist rule over significant areas in Iraq and Syria before its territorial defeat in 2019.
"This strike shows the UK's leading role, and commitment to stand shoulder to shoulder with our allies, to stamp out any revival of Daesh and their dangerous and violent ideologies in the Middle East," the British Defence Secretary the Defence Secretary remarked.
UK warplanes have carried out overwatch operations over Syrian airspace to "prevent any efforts to regroup" of IS subsequent to its military defeat at the climactic battle in Baghuz in 2019, the MoD reported.
"I must thank every member of British forces involved in this operation for their skill and their valour," Healey commented. "Including them were numerous UK service members stationed over the festive period. This mission, to remove dangerous terrorists who endanger our safety, demonstrates how British military are prepared to act, continuously, protecting the UK within its borders and powerful internationally."
During December, the US military conducted what it called a "major assault" on Daesh sites in the country, after an assault resulted in the deaths of two US servicemembers and a local interpreter in Palmyra.
The U.N. estimates Islamic State still has between 5,000 and 7,000 fighters in Iraq and Syria.
