Coordinated Anglo-French Aerial Assault Strikes IS Weapons Depot in the Syrian region

RAF Typhoon FGR4s have operated alongside French warplanes in a joint strike on an hidden munitions depot in Syria used by the Islamic State group (IS), per a report from the UK's MoD.

The facility, located using surveillance, was thought to be housing weapons and explosive materials, the announcement noted, and was positioned in mountains just to the north of Palmyra in Syria's central region.

"The RAF jets employed precision-guided Paveway IV munitions to target a several approach shafts providing entry to the facility... early reports suggest the strike was effective," officials stated.

There was no sign of any civilian impact in the operation conducted Saturday night and all the aircraft made a safe return, the MoD added.

The Typhoon fighters were supported by a Voyager tanker plane.

Daesh - also known as Daesh - established extremist governance over significant areas in both Syria and Iraq until 2019.

"This strike underscores the UK's leading role, and commitment to operate in unison with our partners, to eliminate any re-emergence of IS and their violent and radical beliefs in the area," the British Defence Secretary John Healey stated.

RAF aircraft have conducted overwatch operations over Syria to "prevent any attempted comeback" of Islamic State subsequent to its military defeat at the climactic battle in Baghuz in the year 2019, the MoD reported.

"I want to thank every member of British forces participating in this operation for their skill and their valour," Healey added. "They were among a great many British troops stationed over Christmas and New Year. This operation, to eliminate dangerous terrorists who pose a risk to our security, highlights how British military are ready to step up, throughout the year, protecting the UK at home and influential overseas."

During December, the American forces executed what it described as a "large-scale strike" on IS targets in the country, after an attack claimed the lives of two US servicemembers and a civilian interpreter in Palmyra.

The U.N. reports Daesh still maintains an estimated 5,000 to 7,000 militants in Syria and Iraq.