Joint Anglo-French Airstrike Strikes IS Arms Cache in the Syrian region

Royal Air Force Typhoon jets have operated alongside France's air force in a coordinated attack targeting an subterranean weapons facility in Syrian territory employed by the Islamic State group (IS), as stated by the UK's MoD.

The site, identified by intelligence, was assessed as containing munitions and bombs, the statement said, and was situated in mountainous terrain just north of the historic site of Palmyra in the heart of Syria.

"Our aircraft employed precision-guided Paveway IV munitions to strike a number of approach shafts down to the site... early reports indicate the target was engaged successfully," officials stated.

There was no indication of any civilian casualties in the strike conducted Saturday night and each participating jet made a safe return, the MoD added.

The Typhoon FGR4s were supported by a Voyager tanker plane.

Daesh - alternatively referred to as ISIS - enforced jihadist rule over parts of both Syria and Iraq prior to its 2019 collapse.

"This operation demonstrates our UK leadership, and determination to work closely with our allies, to eliminate any resurgence of IS and their violent and radical beliefs in the region," the British Defence Secretary the minister stated.

UK warplanes have performed overwatch operations over Syrian airspace to "forestall any attempted resurgence" of IS after its routing at the battle of Baghuz in 2019, the ministry said.

"I want to thank all the members of our armed forces involved in this mission for their professionalism and their valour," Healey commented. "Including them were a great many British troops deployed over Christmas and New Year. This mission, to eliminate militants who threaten our safety, highlights how British military are prepared to act, all year round, keeping Britain secure domestically and influential overseas."

During December, the American forces executed what it described as a "major assault" targeting Daesh sites in Syria, following an ambush claimed the lives of two US troops and a civilian interpreter in the Palmyra area.

The United Nations estimates Daesh still has between 5,000 and 7,000 militants in Syria and Iraq.