Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4s have joined forces with France's air force in a combined operation against an underground arms cache in Syria operated by the Islamic State group (IS), per a report from the UK Ministry of Defence.
The site, located using surveillance, was assessed as housing weapons and explosive materials, the statement said, and was situated in mountainous terrain just north of the ancient city of Palmyra in Syria's central region.
"Our fighter planes employed Paveway IV guided bombs to target a series of access tunnels leading to the site... initial indications indicate the strike was effective," the MoD said.
There was no evidence of any harm to civilians in the strike on Saturday evening and every plane involved returned safely, the ministry further stated.
The British jets were backed up by a Voyager refuelling tanker.
Daesh - referred to as ISIS - imposed jihadist rule over large swathes of both Syria and Iraq before its territorial defeat in 2019.
"This action shows British leadership, and determination to work closely with allied nations, to stamp out any resurgence of Daesh and their dangerous and violent ideologies in the area," the British Defence Secretary the Defence Secretary remarked.
UK warplanes have conducted overwatch operations over Syria to "forestall any efforts to regroup" of the group after its routing at the battle of Baghuz in the year 2019, the authorities noted.
"I extend gratitude to every member of our armed forces involved in this operation for their skill and their courage," Healey commented. "They were among numerous British personnel deployed over the holidays. This operation, to take out militants who endanger our security, shows how British military are ready to step up, all year round, protecting the UK domestically and powerful internationally."
In December, the US military carried out what it called a "large-scale strike" against Islamic State objectives in the country, subsequent to an attack claimed the lives of two US servicemembers and a local interpreter in Palmyra.
The UN says Daesh still boasts between 5,000 and 7,000 combatants in Syria and Iraq.
