Coordinated British-French Aerial Assault Strikes Daesh Arms Cache in the Syrian region

Royal Air Force Typhoon jets have joined forces with French aircraft in a combined operation targeting an subterranean weapons facility in Syrian territory employed by the Daesh militant organization, per a report from the UK Ministry of Defence.

The location, pinpointed through intelligence, was thought to be storing arms and explosives, the announcement noted, and was located in mountains just above the ancient city of Palmyra in central Syria.

"Our fighter planes utilized laser-guided Paveway IV weapons to strike a series of entry passages down to the facility... early reports are that the strike was effective," the ministry announced.

There was no sign of any harm to civilians in the strike late on Saturday and every plane involved made a safe return, the defence officials confirmed.

The British jets were assisted by a Voyager refuelling tanker.

IS - referred to as Daesh - enforced extremist governance over parts of Syria and Iraq prior to its 2019 collapse.

"This action demonstrates our UK leadership, and commitment to stand shoulder to shoulder with our partners, to eliminate any resurgence of Daesh and their violent and radical beliefs in the Middle East," UK Defence Secretary the Defence Secretary remarked.

RAF aircraft have carried out patrols over Syrian airspace to "deter any efforts to regroup" of IS subsequent to its routing at the Baghuz confrontation in 2019, the authorities noted.

"I extend gratitude to all the members of the UK armed forces involved in this strike for their professionalism and their courage," he said. "Including them were numerous British personnel on duty over the holidays. This action, to remove dangerous terrorists who pose a risk to our safety, highlights how our armed forces are prepared to act, throughout the year, protecting the UK at home and powerful internationally."

During December, the United States armed forces carried out what it called a "major assault" against IS targets in Syria, after an ambush killed two US servicemembers and a civilian linguist in Palmyra.

The U.N. says IS still has between 5,000 and 7,000 militants in both countries.