🔗 Share this article Coordinated Anglo-French Airstrike Hits IS Arms Cache in the Syrian region A file photo of an RAF Typhoon fighter jet Royal Air Force Typhoon jets have joined forces with French warplanes in a joint strike targeting an underground arms cache in Syrian territory used by the Islamic State group (IS), as stated by the UK Ministry of Defence. The site, located using reconnaissance, was assessed as containing munitions and bombs, the announcement noted, and was located in hills just to the north of Palmyra in central Syria. "Our fighter planes utilized precision-guided Paveway IV munitions to strike a number of approach shafts leading to the site... initial indications are that the target was engaged successfully," the MoD said. There was no evidence of any civilian impact in the attack on Saturday evening and every plane involved returned to base without incident, the ministry further stated. The Typhoon fighters were assisted by a Voyager refuelling tanker. IS - alternatively referred to as ISIS - imposed jihadist rule over large swathes of Iraq and Syria until 2019. "This operation shows the UK's leading role, and commitment to work closely with our allies, to stamp out any revival of IS and their harmful and extremist ideologies in the Middle East," the British Defence Secretary the minister remarked. UK warplanes have carried out surveillance missions over Syrian airspace to "prevent any efforts to regroup" of IS following its defeat at the climactic battle in Baghuz in 2019, the authorities noted. "I must thank the personnel of British forces involved in this strike for their professionalism and their bravery," he added. "Including them were a great many British troops stationed over the holidays. This action, to take out militants who pose a risk to our security, highlights how British military are prepared to act, all year round, ensuring Britain's security at home and powerful internationally." Last December, the American forces executed what it described as a "large-scale strike" on IS targets in the country, following an ambush resulted in the deaths of two US troops and a local interpreter in the Palmyra area. The U.N. says IS still has between 5,000 and 7,000 combatants in Iraq and Syria.
A file photo of an RAF Typhoon fighter jet Royal Air Force Typhoon jets have joined forces with French warplanes in a joint strike targeting an underground arms cache in Syrian territory used by the Islamic State group (IS), as stated by the UK Ministry of Defence. The site, located using reconnaissance, was assessed as containing munitions and bombs, the announcement noted, and was located in hills just to the north of Palmyra in central Syria. "Our fighter planes utilized precision-guided Paveway IV munitions to strike a number of approach shafts leading to the site... initial indications are that the target was engaged successfully," the MoD said. There was no evidence of any civilian impact in the attack on Saturday evening and every plane involved returned to base without incident, the ministry further stated. The Typhoon fighters were assisted by a Voyager refuelling tanker. IS - alternatively referred to as ISIS - imposed jihadist rule over large swathes of Iraq and Syria until 2019. "This operation shows the UK's leading role, and commitment to work closely with our allies, to stamp out any revival of IS and their harmful and extremist ideologies in the Middle East," the British Defence Secretary the minister remarked. UK warplanes have carried out surveillance missions over Syrian airspace to "prevent any efforts to regroup" of IS following its defeat at the climactic battle in Baghuz in 2019, the authorities noted. "I must thank the personnel of British forces involved in this strike for their professionalism and their bravery," he added. "Including them were a great many British troops stationed over the holidays. This action, to take out militants who pose a risk to our security, highlights how British military are prepared to act, all year round, ensuring Britain's security at home and powerful internationally." Last December, the American forces executed what it described as a "large-scale strike" on IS targets in the country, following an ambush resulted in the deaths of two US troops and a local interpreter in the Palmyra area. The U.N. says IS still has between 5,000 and 7,000 combatants in Iraq and Syria.