RAF Typhoon FGR4s have operated alongside France's air force in a combined operation on an underground arms cache in Syria operated by the Islamic State group (IS), as stated by the British defence ministry.
The site, located using reconnaissance, was assessed as storing arms and explosives, the release indicated, and was positioned in mountainous terrain just north of the historic site of Palmyra in Syria's central region.
"Our aircraft employed Paveway IV guided bombs to target a series of access tunnels providing entry to the depot... early reports suggest the strike was effective," the ministry announced.
There was no evidence of any harm to civilians in the strike late on Saturday and every plane involved returned to base without incident, the defence officials confirmed.
The Typhoon fighters were supported by a Voyager aerial refuelling aircraft.
The Islamic State group - referred to as ISIS - established extremist governance over large swathes of Iraq and Syria before its territorial defeat in 2019.
"This strike shows the UK's leading role, and commitment to operate in unison with our allies, to eliminate any re-emergence of Daesh and their harmful and extremist ideologies in the area," the British Defence Secretary the Defence Secretary remarked.
RAF aircraft have carried out overwatch operations over Syrian airspace to "deter any attempted resurgence" of IS subsequent to its military defeat at the climactic battle in Baghuz in 2019, the authorities noted.
"I extend gratitude to the personnel of the UK armed forces participating in this mission for their expertise and their bravery," the Defence Secretary commented. "Including them were a great many British personnel stationed over the holidays. This operation, to remove dangerous terrorists who endanger our way of life, shows how UK forces are ready to step up, throughout the year, protecting the UK domestically and influential overseas."
During December, the American forces executed what it described as a "major assault" on Islamic State objectives in the country, following an assault resulted in the deaths of two US troops and a civilian interpreter in Palmyra.
The U.N. says IS still maintains an estimated 5,000 to 7,000 combatants in Syria and Iraq.
